TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#SWITCH Built-In Function

Use #SWITCH to make your TACL backup process become the primary process and

initialize itself as though you had just logged on to it. The former primary process

becomes the backup.

Considerations

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Your TACL must have a backup process. To create a backup process, include a

backup specification in the #NEWPROCESS call or RUN command, or use the

BACKUPCPU command.

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Do not include #SWITCH in an IN file specified in a command to run TACL; if you

do so, TACL performs the switch before processing other commands-and each

switch causes an initialization-so that the TACL process continues to switch

processors.

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#SWITCH establishes an initial logon state, resetting all ASSIGNs, PARAMs, and

DEFINEs, invoking the TACLLOCL file and your TACLCSTM file, and setting the

history buffer index to 1.

#SWITCH