SNAX/XF LU Network Services Manual

SNAXUTL Command Syntax
The SNAX/XF Utility
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Comments
Comments can appear at any point within a command, except within alphanumeric
strings enclosed by quotation marks. You place an exclamation point (!) before the
comment. The comment must be terminated either by the end of the current line or by
another exclamation point. Note that when the line of code you are commenting is
continued on the next line, the comment must be terminated by an exclamation point
if that comment is interposed between the code line’s final comma and the ampersand.
Examples of valid comment lines are:
DELETE MSG20 ! THIS IS A COMMENT
ADD ESSCMD TACL, & ! ANOTHER COMMENT
CMDTYPE LOGON-CHAR
ADD ESSCMD TSO, ! AND YET ANOTHER ! &
CMDTYPE LOGON-INIT
Command Blocks
A command file can contain several command blocks. This enables you to use the
same command file to create or update more than one table. Rules for command
blocks are:
All blocks must begin with the BEGIN command.
All blocks must end with the END command.
All blocks must use the SELECTFILE command to specify a table source file.
If you use the ALLOCATE command, it must immediately follow the
SELECTFILE command.
Invoking the Program You invoke the SNAXUTL program by entering the following command at the
terminal:
1> RUN SNAXUTL /IN cmdfile [, OUT listfile ]/
cmdfile is the name of the edit file containing SNAXUTL input commands, and
listfile is the name of the output listing file, which contains a copy of the input
commands and system status messages. If listfile is not specified, output is sent to
the user’s terminal.