Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Managing Clients and Requesters
Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/XM System Management Manual—426761-001
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Starting PROGRAM Objects
The next command starts all TERM objects configured in the SuperCTL file:
>> START TERM *
After reading the TERM definition from the SuperCTL file, PXMCOM passes the
TERM definition to the TCP process assigned to it by Pathway/XM. When the TCP
receives this information, it:
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Checks the specified library file for the program indicated by the INITIAL attribute.
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Opens communication with the terminal, device, or process specified by the FILE
attribute.
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Opens the ROUTER object associated with the TERM object, if any.
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Executes the screen program code.
If you enter a START TERM command before the TCP that controls the TERM is
running, the PATHMON process returns an error message.
For the syntax of the START TERM command, refer to START TERM
on page 11-62.
Starting PROGRAM Objects
To start a temporary terminal (PROGRAM) object, use the RUN PROGRAM
command.
For example, the following command, entered at an application terminal, runs the
application named PROG-1:
>> RUN PROGRAM PROG-1
In response, the PATHMON process starts the objects needed by the application as
follows:
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Starts a TCP to control this TERM object, if a TCP configured from the TCP
template for this PROGRAM object is not already running.
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Creates a TERM object for the user’s terminal, based upon information from the
PROGRAM definition and the RUN command.
The PATHMON process generates a TERM name for the terminal by using the
system number, the terminal name, and a unique hexadecimal number that the
PATHMON process supplies (for example, 077-TH0-A56). The generated name is
15 characters or fewer in length, including the hyphens.
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Starts the TERM object.
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Starts server processes as needed.
When the RUN operation terminates, the PATHMON process does the following:
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Deletes the TERM object from the system.
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Stops the TCP, if no other TERM objects are started for this TCP template.
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Dissolves all links from the TCP to the server processes.