Virtual Hometerm Subsystem (VHS) Manual (G06.24+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

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7 Command Descriptions
This section describes the syntax of all commands available with the conversational
interface of VHS, VHSCI. The information in this section is critical to understanding
what commands are available, what they do, and how they are entered. VHSCI makes
certain assumptions when various options are omitted.
Table 7-1 provides an overview of the VHSCI commands. A full description of each
command follows.
Table 7-1. VHSCI Commands Overview (page 1 of 2)
Commands Description
! Reexecutes a command line
? Displays a specific command line
ALIAS Defines a command or text abbreviation
ALLOW Specifies the number of errors or warnings permitted during the
execution of an OBEY (command) file
ALTER Changes the values of the attributes of an existing VHS object
ASSIGN Changes, adds, and displays ASSIGN messages that are passed to new
processes initiated by the VHSCI RUN command
ASSUME Sets the default object type, object name, or both
CLEAR Clears the logical file assignments made with the ASSIGN command.
Parameters are set with the PARAM command, and aliases are defined
with the ALIAS command
COMMENT Allows you to enter comments or descriptions in OBEY (command) files
CONFIRM Enables or disables the display of positive responses from subsystems
CPUS Displays the names of all known systems on the network and the states
of their associated CPUs
DELAY Suspends VHSCI processing for a specified time interval
DETAIL ERROR Enables or disables detailed error descriptions
ENV Displays the settings of various VHSCI session parameters, referred to
as environmental parameters
EXIT Terminates a VHSCI session
FC Allows you to correct a VHSCI command line (fix command)
HELP Displays information about VHSCI commands
HISTORY Displays previously entered commands
INFO Displays the attribute values for the specified object
LISTOPENS Lists all processes which currently open the specified object
LOG Directs a copy of entered VHSCI commands and displays to a file
OBEY Causes commands to be read from a disk file