Telserv Manual

Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) Commands for

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ALTER Command

The ALTER command changes attribute values associated with the specified

PROCESS, SERVICE, or WINDOW. The ALTER SERVICE command can only be

issued when all subordinate windows are in the STOPPED summary state. The ALTER

WINDOW command can only be issued when the window is in the STOPPED state.

ALTER is a sensitive command.

The ALTER command has the following object-spec:

ALTER PROCESS Command

When a PROCESS object is created (see Prerequisites on page 4-9), it has five

configurable attributes that you can change using the ALTER command. These

attributes are MAXTERMINALS, MENU, TIMEOUTVALUE, BANNERTIMEOUTVALUE, and

CPULIST.

The attribute-specs for the PROCESS object using the ALTER PROCESS

command are:

MAXTERMINALS

specifies the maximum number of virtual terminals (windows) that can be present

in the system. The default value is 256.

controls the display of the service menu. This attribute preempts the setting of the

DISPLAY attribute for the SERVICE object. The default value is ON.

ALTER [ / OUT file-spec / ] [ object-spec ]

{ , attribute-spec [ , attribute-spec ] ... }

object-type object-name

PROCESS process-name

SERVICE service-name

WINDOW window-name

[ MAXTERMINALS { 1 through 256 } ]

[ MENU { ON | OFF } ]

[ TIMEOUTVALUE { 3 through 32767 } ]

[ BANNERTIMEOUTVALUE { 3 through 32767 } ]

[ CPULIST {0,1,2,...,15}]

[ DROPCR { ON | OFF } ]