Pathway/iTS System Management Manual (G06.24+)

Overview of PATHCOM
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Command Format
Command Format
When entering PATHCOM commands, consider:
•
In general, options within a command are position independent. That is, you can
place the options in any order within the command line. For example, the following
command:
SUSPEND TERM *, STATE RUNNING, TCP TCPA !
could also be entered as:
SUSPEND TERM *, ! TCP TCPA, STATE RUNNING
Exceptions to the independent positioning of options within a command are
documented with the individual commands.
•
You can embed comments within a line of commands or you can enter comments
on separate lines. Enclose the comments in brackets if a PATHCOM command is
on the same line. If there are no PATHCOM commands on the same line as a
comment, you only need to enter a left bracket to cause PATHCOM to recognize a
comment. For example:
[PATHCOM treats this line as a comment.]
[PATHCOM treats this line as a comment too.
=SET TERM AUTORESTART 4 [Here is a comment.],TCP tcp-1
•
A PATHCOM command line spans input records if the last nonblank character is an
ampersand (&). Multiple commands, separated by semicolons, can appear on the
same line. If command parameters are repeated, PATHCOM uses the last value
entered for a parameter.
SUSPEND x
SWITCH x
TELL x
Note. You cannot embed PATHCOM comments in TACL scripts. In TACL scripts, information
enclosed in brackets is interpreted as a function, not as a comment. See the TACL Reference
Manual for information on including comments in TACL scripts.
Table 7-2. Commands and Objects (page 2 of 2)
Objects
PATHCOM
Commands TCP External TCP TERM PROGRAM TELL