TACL Reference Manual

UTILS:TACL Commands and Functions

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ALTER DEFINE Command

Use the ALTER DEFINE command to change the attributes of one or more existing

DEFINEs in the process file segment (PFS) of the current TACL. For a description of

DEFINEs, see Section 5, Statements and Programs.

define-name-list

is a list of one or more existing DEFINEs whose attributes you want to alter. For

define-name-list, specify either of these:

define-template

( define-template [ , define-template ] ... )

define-template

is a DEFINE name that can optionally contain template characters:

•

* matches zero or more characters

•

? matches a single character

A DEFINE template that consists entirely of =* or ** causes all existing

DEFINEs to be displayed.

attribute-spec

is a sequence of one or more DEFINE attributes and the value or values you want

to associate with each attribute. You can specify new values for attributes that are

already established in a DEFINE specified in define-name-list, and you can

specify values for new attributes, ones that are not established in the define-

name-list. The syntax of attribute-spec is described in the SET DEFINE

Command on page 8-173.

RESET reset-list

restores the values of one or more attributes associated with the DEFINEs in

define-name-list to their initial settings. For reset-list, specify one or

more DEFINE attributes, in either of these forms:

attribute-name

( attribute-name [ , attribute-name ]... )

reset-list cannot include any required attribute; see the discussion of

attribute names and values for the SET DEFINE Command on page 8-173.

ALTER DEFINE define-name-list {‚ attribute-spec}

{‚ RESET reset-list}