TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
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#ARGUMENT Built-In Function
use OTHERWISE, it must be positioned as the last option in the list of
alternatives.
PARAM [ / SYNTAX / ]
matches the name of an existing parameter. The SYNTAX option specifies that
any parameter name is acceptable as long as it is formatted correctly.
PARAMVALUE
matches a text sequence of 1 to 255 characters terminated by a comma,
space, or end-of-line.
If text is enclosed in quotation marks, it can contain spaces and commas, and
can have leading or trailing spaces. Contained quotation marks must be
doubled (””). (The enclosing quotes, and one of each pair of contained quotes,
do not count against the 255-character limit.) Use two adjacent quotation
marks to express an empty argument.
If the argument sequence is received from the IN file and #INFORMAT is set to
TACL, enclosing the text in quotation marks does not override the significance
of the TACL special characters [, ], |, ==, {, }, and ~. Precede a special
character with a tilde to make TACL treat it as text (for example, ~~).
PROCESSID [ / SYNTAX / ]
matches the process name or cpu, pin of a process. The SYNTAX option
specifies that any process specifier (process name or cpu, pin of a process) is
acceptable as long as it is formatted correctly. The value of pin can range from
0 to 65535. If you do not include the SYNTAX option, TACL matches the
process name or cpu, pin of an existing process.
PROCESSNAME [ / SYNTAX / ]
matches the name of a process. The SYNTAX option specifies that any
process name is acceptable as long as it is formatted correctly. If you do not
include the SYNTAX option, TACL matches the process name of an existing
process.
SECURITY [ / LENGTH num / ]
matches a security string, which must be enclosed in quotation marks. Unless
the LENGTH option specifies a different length, the security string must have
four characters (the quotation marks are not considered as part of the length).
SEMICOLON
matches a semicolon.
SLASH
matches a slash.