ASAP 3.2 Server Manual
HP NonStop ASAP Server Manual    Page 144 of 381 
alone cannot be distinguished from the STARTUP command. 
 To continue a command on a subsequent line, end the current line with the 
ampersand (&) character and enter the remaining portion of the command on the 
following line. The ASAP CI prompt changes to +& to indicate that it is operating in 
continuation mode. For example: 
+SET DISK OBJECT & 
+&$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.ASAPDSK, PARAMETERS “RATE 10” 
ACTION Command 
The ACTION command is used to list action strings for a specific domain or domains 
and to define, delete and list rules, or stored action strings that can be used in GOAL 
and RANK commands to define actions for failed objectives. Please see the GOAL or 
RANK commands for more information on actions. 
ACTION[/OUT file/] [LIST]  [\node][entity][domain][attribute [operator]] 
  [LIST]  [\node][entity][domain][gname] [, GOALNAME] 
 RULE   [\node][rule][=string] |[, DELETE] 
LIST 
The LIST option is used to output information about all actions defined in the 
objectives database. When the entity, domain and attribute parameters are all 
supplied, the output is returned in tokenized form. LIST is the default when no 
option is supplied. 
\node 
The NonStop OS node name the action is defined for. 
entity 
An entity name; for example, CPU, DISK, SPOOLER, TAPE. 
domain 
A domain name; for example, $DATA or APP\SALES\DOMAIN. 
attribute 
An attribute defined for the entity; for example, Busy, Full. Using attribute without 
specifying operator can also result in output for actions associated with named 
Boolean goals if goal names are the same as attribute names. 










