NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual
Summary of System Variables
System Variables
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Table 5-1. List of System Variables and Functions (Page 2 of 5)
System Variable Function
&SYS.ERROR.VALUEOK Indicates whether &SYS.ERROR.VALUE contains information
about an error.
&SYS.ERROR.VALUE2 Contains a second value that caused the error to be issued.
&SYS.ERROR.VALUE2OK Indicates whether &SYS.ERROR.VALUE2 contains
information about an error.
&SYS.FDBK Returns numeric completion information after execution of
selected NCL verbs.
&SYS.FILE.ERROR Contains the Guardian file system error.
&SYS.FILE.ID Contains the current local file identifier.
&SYS.FILE.KEY Contains the value of the full key of the last record read from a
UDB.
&SYS.FILE.PATH Contains the number of the file from which the FILE GET verb
retrieved a record.
&SYS.FILE.RC Contains the return code of a file-processing function.
&SYS.FILE.RCNT Contains a count of the number of records generically deleted
by the FILE DEL verb.
&SYS.GUID.GROUP Contains the group number that an NCL process is currently
running under.
&SYS.GUID.USER Contains the user number that an NCL process is currently
running under.
&SYS.INKEY Contains the name of the function key that terminated user
input in the last displayed panel.
&SYS.INT.REQ# Contains the count of messages queued to the dependent
request queue of an NCL process.
&SYS.INT.RSP# Contains the count of messages queued to the dependent
response queue of an NCL process.
&SYS.INTYPE Contains the name of the dependent queue on which a
message has arrived.
&SYS.LASTLOGON.DATE Contains the date when the user last logged on to the system.
&SYS.LASTLOGON.LOGITERM Contains the logical name of the terminal last used by the
user.
&SYS.LASTLOGON.PHYSTERM Contains the physical name of the terminal last used by the
user.
&SYS.LASTLOGON.TIME Contains the time when the user last logged on to the system.
&SYS.LOCK.MSG Contains the text of the existing lock message or the existing
request.
&SYS.LOOPCTL Contains the current setting of the automatic loop control
counter.
&SYSMSG Contains an error message set by NCL panel services and/or
NCL file processing.