ENABLE Reference Manual

OPERATING COMMANDS

OBEY Command

The OBEY command causes commands to be read from a specified

file. The syntax of the OBEY command is:

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| OBEY <filename> |

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| <filename> |

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| is a Tandem file name. |

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Considerations

If you do not supply a complete file name, ENABLE expands the

obey file name with the default OBEYSYS and OBEYVOL settings.

When you enter the OBEY command, ENABLE reads and processes the

commands from the named file until it encounters an end-of-file.

At end-of-file, ENABLE closes the obey file and accepts command

input from the file (or terminal) from which the OBEY command was

read. You can specify additional OBEY commands within an obey

file. Obey files can be nested to a depth of four.

ENABLE displays an error message and continues to accept command

input from the file from which the OBEY command was entered if:

• The obey command is invalid

• The obey file does not exist

• The obey file cannot be opened

If ENABLE detects an error during processing of commands from an

obey file, it:

• Issues an error message

• Terminates processing from the obey file (and any other obey

files currently open in the case of nested obey files)

• Closes the obey file and any other obey files currently open

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