NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

Language Elements
NCL Summary
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Table 2-6. Summary of Verbs (Page 1 of 3)
Verb Description
ASSIGN Manipulates multiple variables in a single operation.
CMDLINE Writes the specified text to an OCS command input line.
CNMALERT Sends a communications network management (CNM) record directly to
the EMSPROC NCL procedure for processing.
CNMCLEAR Clears all outstanding communications network management (CNM) reply
data solicited by an NCL process.
CNMREAD Makes the next communications network management (CNM) record
available to an NCL process.
CNMSEND Sends data across the communications network management (CNM)
interface.
CNMVECTR Requests that the data supplied be split into user variables.
CONTROL Defines all processing options that can be used to modify NCL execution
characteristics.
DELAY Suspends processing of an NCL process for a specified time.
DROP Deletes (drops) multiple variables in a single operation.
EMSALERT Generates an Event Management Service (EMS) event message from an
NCL procedure to the EMSPROC NCL procedure.
EMSCONT Resumes normal processing of an Event Management Service (EMS) event
message or redirects the event message to another system.
EMSDEL Deletes an Event Management Service (EMS) event message.
EMSREAD Reads the next Event Management Service (EMS) event message.
EMSSEND Generates an event message from an NCL procedure to an Event
Management Service (EMS) event collector.
EVENTTD Retrieves Event Management Service (EMS) help information from a
database.
FILE ADD Adds a record to a file, pair of files, or to an operating system process.
FILE CLOSE Closes a file, pair of files, or operating system process.
FILE DEL Deletes a record or a series of records from a key-sequenced file or pair of
files.
FILE GET Retrieves a record from the current file or pair of files.
FILE OPEN Opens a file or pair of files or an operating system process for processing
by NCL.
FILE PUT Replaces an already existing record in, or adds a new record to, a file, a
pair of files, or an operating system process.
FILE PUTGET Puts records to and gets records from an operating system process.
FILE SET Specifies a new file or pair of files to be the current file or pair of files, or
allows you to change the attributes of the current file or pair of files.