NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Operator's Guide

System-Wide Customized Commands
Issuing NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands
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System-Wide
Customized
Commands
Each NonStop NET/MASTER MS command discussed in this manual and described
in detail in the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Command Reference Manual may be replaced
at your site with a customized version. In addition, some NonStop NET/MASTER MS
commands may be replaced with an abbreviation at your site, or your site may have
unique commands configured that are a combination of one or more NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands. The two types of system-wide customized commands
are global equates and command replacements.
Global Equates A global equate is a one-character to eight-character string assigned to a NonStop
NET/MASTER MS command string. Global equates are created with the EQUATE
command during NonStop NET/MASTER MS startup in the INIT NCL procedure. A
global equate becomes the default for all NonStop NET/MASTER MS users.
Use the SHOW EQUATES command to display all the available equates. The global
equate has two types:
In the first type of global equate, the character string is the same as an existing
NonStop NET/MASTER MS command. The default NonStop NET/MASTER MS
command is replaced with a different command string. For example, suppose you
write an NCL procedure called NEWTIME that performs some additional
processing. The default NonStop NET/MASTER MS TIME command could be
replaced with a command to start the NEWTIME procedure, as in:
EQUATE TIME START NEWTIME
Then, when you issue a TIME command, the NCL procedure NEWTIME executes
rather than the default TIME command.
When you display all available equates with the SHOW EQUATES command, this
type of global equate is displayed as type REPL.
In the second type of global equate, the character string is not the same as a
NonStop NET/MASTER MS command. For example, if the following global
equate has been defined for your system:
EQUATE R3 ROUTE REMOTE1 ROUTE REMOTE2 ROUTE REMOTE3+
you can send a command (for example, the SHOW USERS command) to the
remote system REMOTE3 by issuing the following command string:
R3 SHOW USERS
When you display all available equates with the SHOW EQUATES command, this
type of global equate is displayed as type GLBL.
Note In OCS, you can also set up local equates that remain in effect as long as your current OCS session.
When you exit from OCS, local equates are lost. Local equates display as type LOCL when you issue a
SHOW EQUATES command. Creating local equates is discussed in more detail in Section 4, “Operator
Control Services (OCS).”