TACL Reference Manual

Summary of Commands and Built-In Functions
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Interfacing With the Operating System
Table 7-6 lists the built-in functions and variables that support process control.
SUSPEND Prevents a process from running until it is reactivated by an
ACTIVATE command
TACL (program) Starts TACL process on your local system or a remote system
WAKEUP Sets wakeup mode
Table 7-6. Process Control Built-In Functions and Variables (page 1 of 3)
Function Description
#ABEND Immediately terminates a process
#ABORTTRANSACTION Aborts and backs out a transaction
#ACTIVATEPROCESS Returns process or process pair from suspended state to
ready state
#ALTERPRIORITY Changes execution priority of a process or process pair
#ASSIGN (variable) Holds information about all currently defined unit name
#BEGINTRANSACTION Starts a new transaction
#CREATEPROCESSNAME Creates unique process name
#CREATEREMOTENAME Returns process name unique to specified system
#DEFINEADD Adds a DEFINE to TACL context, using attributes in the
working set
#DEFINEDELETE Deletes a DEFINE from TACL context
#DEFINEDELETEALL Deletes all DEFINEs from TACL context
#DEFINEINFO Gets information about a DEFINE
#DEFINEMODE (variable) Holds flag indicating whether DEFINEs can be used
#DEFINENAMES Gets names of all DEFINEs that match specified template
#DEFINENEXTNAME Gets name of next DEFINE following specified DEFINE in
sequence established by the operating system
#DEFINEREADATTR Gets value of specified attribute
#DEFINERESTORE Creates or replaces active DEFINE, or replaces working
set with contents of DEFINE previously saved with
#DEFINESAVE
#DEFINERESTOREWORK Restores DEFINE working set from background set
#DEFINESAVE Saves copy of active DEFINE or working set for later
restoration with #DEFINERESTORE
#DEFINESAVEWORK Saves DEFINE current working set to background set
#DEFINESETATTR Modifies value of specified DEFINE attribute in current
working set
Table 7-5. Process Control Commands (page 2 of 2)
Command Description