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

Command Descriptions
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OUT Command
file-spec
specifies the file from which the commands are to be read. If file-spec is not
fully qualified, the name is expanded using the default values supplied by the
SYSTEM and VOLUME commands.
NOECHO
suppresses the echo of each line executed in the OBEY (command) file. Use this
option when speed is important.
Considerations
•
FC, HISTORY, PAUSE, exclamation point (!), and question mark (?) commands
cause an error if they are encountered in an OBEY (command) file.
•
OBEY (command) file processing stops when the number of allowed errors or
warnings is exceeded. The number of allowed errors and warnings is set by the
ALLOW command.
•
OBEY commands can appear within OBEY (command) files. OBEY (command)
files can be nested to a depth of ten. If a depth of ten is exceeded, the file is not
executed and an error message displays.
•
Commands are read considerably faster when NOECHO is specified. However, in
this case, only error messages are returned, not the command lines that caused
the errors.
•
The menu driven mode of the HELP command cannot be invoked from an OBEY
(command) file. The HELP command entered by itself from an OBEY (command)
file produces the HELP ALL help text.
Examples
OUT Command
The OUT command directs the display output to a specified file (the OUT file).
file-spec
specifies the file to which the output listing is written to. If file-spec has the form
of a disk file name and the file does not exist, an EDIT file is created. If the named
file is an existing disk file, the output is appended to the file. If file-spec is
omitted, the output destination is restored to the setting it had at startup time.
-> OBEY STARTUP.NET
-> OBEY NET
OUT [ file-spec [ ! ] ]