Exchange/SNA Manual

RECEIVE Command
Exchange/SNA Commands
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parameter
is one of the following terms:
EN[D] { IM[MED] | DE[FER] | TI[MED] }
specifies the condition that ends the receive operation. When the receive
operation ends, the receive file is closed and the subdevice that was used by
the receive operation becomes available for use by another receive operation.
The following three conditions can be specified:
IM[MED]
specifies that the receive operation is to end when the first end-of-file
message is received from the host. This causes the RECEIVE command to
receive a single file from the host.
DE[FER]
specifies that the receive operation is to continue until the associated
subdevice (specified in the subdevice parameter) is aborted by using the
ABORT command or taken out of service by using the DOWN command.
This causes the RECEIVE command to receive files from the host until you
take explicit action (executing an ABORT command or a DOWN
command) to stop the receive operation.
TI[MED]
specifies that the receive operation is to continue until the host fails to
transmit another file to the associated subdevice within the specified
number of seconds after the end of the last file. This condition sets a timer
at the end of each file received from the host. If the timer expires (the
specified number of seconds pass) before the host transmits another file to
the associated subdevice, the receive operation ends. The default timer
value is 15 seconds; use the SET ENDTIMED command to change the
timer value.
If you omit this parameter, the receive operation ends when the first end-of-
file message is received from the host (END IMMED).
FO[RMS] { ON | OF[F] }
specifies whether or not vertical forms-control information is written to the
receive file.