SNAX/XF LU Network Services Manual

SNAXUTL Command Syntax

The SNAX/XF Utility

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Commands

Commands begin with a command verb and might also require a command modifier

and a command object. For example:

ADD ESSCMD ORDERENTRY

command object

ommand modifier

ommand verb

Commands can be followed by one or more operands, separated by commas.

Commands are separated from other commands either by a new line or by semicolons.

Thus, if multiple commands are to be placed on the same line, they must be separated

by a semicolon. In the absence of continuation lines, a new line is assumed to signify

the start of a new command. SNAXUTL ignores blank lines between commands.

Operands

All operands have an operand name (or keyword) defined by Tandem. Such names

can be followed by operand data.

Operand data can be any string of characters that does not contain a blank or comma.

The characters can represent either a string of alphanumeric and special characters or a

numeric value, depending on the context of the operand.

If blanks or commas are to be included in a string of alphanumeric and special

characters, the entire string must be enclosed in single (‘) or double (“) quotation

marks. When a single quotation mark is part of the content of such a string, double

quotation marks must be used to delimit the string.

There are two types of numerical values that must be represented by hexadecimal

numbers: byte values and bit strings of arbitrary length. Byte values must be

expressed in byte units, with each unit separated from the others by a comma:

%HC1, %HC2, %HC3

Each unit can express a value ranging from %H00 to %HFF (0 to 255).

Note that byte values can be entered as data within the REPDATA and USERDATA

operands of the ADD ESSCMD, or as New Line control characters within the

MSGTEXT operand of the ADD ESSMSG command.