TS/MP System Management Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

Starting and Stopping a PATHMON Environment

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Starting and Using PATHCOM

When PATHCOM starts, it opens communication with your PATHMON process,

displays the PATHCOM banner message on your screen, and presents an equal sign

as a prompt for your first PATHCOM command. In this example, a PATHCOM process

named $X364 starts a PATHMON process named $PMX:

8> PATHCOM $PMX

$X364: PATHCOM - T8344D42 - (30JUL96)

From this point on, you communicate with the PATHMON process only through

PATHCOM, as shown by Figure 2-4. You are ready to enter the PATHCOM

commands that request the remainder of your system management tasks. When you

enter your first PATHCOM command, PATHCOM executes it and prompts you for

another command.

Running PATHCOM interactively is most useful when you plan to enter only a few

commands. It is a good way to monitor the status of objects, dynamically start and

stop objects, run a program, and send messages to user terminal operators about

changing conditions. It is generally easier and faster, however, to set up lengthy

configurations noninteractively.

PATHCOM RUN Options

The command to run PATHCOM, like the command to run the PATHMON process,

allows you to select several RUN options. For instance, you can select the processor

in which PATHCOM runs or specify a device other than your terminal as the

destination of output from PATHCOM. If you do not specify these options, the

Figure 2-3. Starting PATHCOM

Figure 2-4. Communicating With the PATHMON Process Through PATHCOM

Command

Interpreter

PATHCOM

2> PATHCOM $PMX

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PATHMON

$ PMX

PATHCOM PATHMON

$ PMX

= (PATHCOM Command of Your Choice)

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