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NAME

add_deﬁne - Creates one or more DEFINEs for the current OSS shell

SYNOPSIS

add_deﬁne

{deﬁne_name1}...

[-like=deﬁne_name2]

[attribute_specs]...

FLAGS

-like=define_name2

Creates a DEFINE with the attributes and values of the speciﬁed deﬁne_name2 and

modiﬁed by the speciﬁed attribute_specs clauses. If the -like ﬂag is not speciﬁed, the

DEFINE created has the attributes and values of the working attribute set modiﬁed by

the speciﬁed attribute_specs clauses.

DESCRIPTION

The add_deﬁne command is speciﬁc to HP and an OSS shell built-in command. It creates

DEFINES for the OSS shell and is similiar to the TACL ADD DEFINE command.

The add_deﬁne command accepts Guardian attributes. As a result, input must follow Guardian

conventions.

Operands

define_name1

Speciﬁes the name of the DEFINE to be created. The name can be 2 through 24 char-

acters long. The ﬁrst character must be an equal sign (=), and the second must be a

letter. If neither the -like ﬂag nor the attribute_specs parameter is speciﬁed, the

DEFINE is created with the attributes and value

of the working attribute set.

attribute_specs

Speciﬁes the names of one or more valid DEFINE attributes and the values they are to

have. If the -like ﬂag is speciﬁed, a DEFINE is created with the attributes and values of

the speciﬁed DEFINE and modiﬁed by the clauses speciﬁed by attribute_specs. If the

-like ﬂag is not speciﬁed, a DEFINE is created with the attributes and values of the

working attribute set and modiﬁed by the speciﬁed attribute_specs. attribute_specs is

deﬁned as:

class={catalog | defaults | map | search | sort |

spool | subsort | tape}

{class_attributes}...

Class Attributes

Certain characters are special in the OSS environment and must be preceded by an escape char-

acter or they will not be accepted by the add_deﬁne command. For a detailed description of the

valid class attributes, refer to the ADD DEFINE and SET DEFINE commands in the TACL Refer-

ence Manual.

The add_deﬁne command accepts Guardian attributes for setting up the Guardian environment.

As a result, input must follow Guardian conventions.

For class=catalog (a CATALOG DEFINE), you must use the escape character in class-attributes

as follows:

subvol=\$a123

For class=defaults (a DEFAULTS DEFINE), you must use the escape character in class-

attributes

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