NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide
Language Elements
NCL Summary
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Table 2-6. Summary of Verbs (Page 3 of 3)
Verb Description
SECCALL ADD Adds a new user ID definition record to the User ID Management Services
(UMS) database.
SECCALL CHANGE Changes the password and a restricted set of personal details of a user ID
definition record in the User ID Management Services (UMS) database.
SECCALL CHECK Validates a user ID and password combination of a user ID definition record
in the User ID Management Services (UMS) database.
SECCALL DELETE Deletes a user ID definition record from the User ID Management Services
(UMS) database.
SECCALL EXIT Provides direct interaction between an NCL process and a security exit.
SECCALL GET Retrieves a user ID definition record from the User ID Management
Services (UMS) database.
SECCALL QUERY Retrieves user ID information about the current user from memory.
SECCALL UPDATE Updates a user ID definition record in the User ID Management Services
(UMS) database.
START Invokes an NCL procedure for asynchronous execution in the specified
environment using the specified variables.
SWGUID Changes the Guardian user ID (GUID) under which a new NCL process
executes to another GUID defined for the user in the user’s current profile.
VARTABLE ADD Adds an entry to a vartable.
VARTABLE ALLOC Creates a new vartable definition.
VARTABLE DELETE Deletes an entry from a vartable.
VARTABLE FREE Deletes all entries from a vartable and deletes the vartable definition.
VARTABLE GET Retrieves an entry from a vartable.
VARTABLE PUT Adds an entry to, or updates an existing entry in, a vartable.
VARTABLE QUERY Obtains information about a vartable definition.
VARTABLE RESET Deletes all entries from a vartable and preserves the vartable definition.
VARTABLE UPDATE Updates an existing entry in a vartable.
WRITE Writes a message to a terminal, an NCL process, all monitor-class users, a
specified user, or the activity log.
Verb Syntax
All verbs follow the same syntax. The general syntax of a verb is:
verb
[ [
operand
] … ]
An operand modifies the action taken by the verb. All operands follow the syntax:
keyword
[ [ = ]
qualifier
]