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

Overview of PATHCOM

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Interactive Mode

PATHCOM functions in interactive mode when you enter commands from a terminal

keyboard. PATHCOM prompts for a command by printing an equal sign (=). When you

enter a command, PATHCOM executes the command and issues another prompt.

In the following example, the first command starts the PATHMON process, the second

command starts the PATHCOM process, the third line shows the PATHCOM signon,

and the fourth line shows the PATHCOM prompt:

TACL 8> PATHMON/NAME $PM1,CPU 0,NOWAIT/

TACL 9> PATHCOM $PM1

PATHCOM - T9153C31 - (08SEP92)

You can group two or more commands separated by semicolons (;). For example,

these commands can be entered in two ways:

= command-1; command-2

or:

= command-1

= command-2

Pressing the terminal Break key during the execution of a PATHCOM command (as

described in the TS/MP System Management Manual) cancels the command; control

remains with PATHCOM and you can reenter the command. Pressing the Break key in

all other instances, including after the PATHCOM prompt appears, returns the terminal

to the TACL command interpreter without terminating PATHCOM. Enter “pause” at the

TACL prompt to return the PATHCOM prompt (=).

Running PATHCOM interactively allows you to monitor the status of the objects and

inform the Pathway/iTS terminal operators about changing conditions using tell

messages.

Noninteractive Mode

PATHCOM functions in noninteractive mode when it reads commands from a

command file.

In the following example, PATHCOM reads commands from a file named CMDFILE

and lists them on the device $S.#LP. When it encounters an end-of-file command or an

EXIT command, PATHCOM terminates.

3> PATHCOM/IN CMDFILE,OUT $S.#LP, CPU 1, NOWAIT/$PM2

Note. For more information about the first and second commands in this example and about

the PATHCOM signon message, see the TS/MP System Management Manual.