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NetBatch T9190D30 - NBEXEC - User Manual

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
   1. What is NetBatch? ............................ 1-1
   2. NetBatch System Overview ..................... 1-1
   3. Improved Use of Resources .................... 1-2
   4. Automatic Restart ............................ 1-2
   5. Activity Log and Status Displays ............. 1-2
   6. The NBEXEC Process ........................... 1-2
2. STARTING NBEXEC ............................... 2-1
   1. NBEXEC Startup Commands ...................... 2-2
3. CONTROL FILE COMMANDS ......................... 3-1
   1. THE CONTROL FILE ............................. 3-1
   2. Control File Execution Defaults .............. 3-2
   3. System, Volume and Subvolume ................. 3-2
   4. Execution Priorities ......................... 3-2
   5. Home Terminal ................................ 3-2
   6. PARAMs, ASSIGNs, and DEFINEs ................. 3-3
   7. User ......................................... 3-3
   8. Control File Variables ....................... 3-4
   9. User Control File Variables .................. 3-4
   10. LOGICAL VARIABLES ............................ 3-4
   11. STRING VARIABLES ............................. 3-5
   12. Invoking Variables ........................... 3-5
   13. System Control File Variables ................ 3-7
       1. #BP ......................................... 3-8
       2. #BPID ....................................... 3-9
       3. #CC ......................................... 3-9
       4. #ERROR ...................................... 3-11
       5. #HOME ....................................... 3-16
       6. #JOBID ...................................... 3-17
       7. #NEXT ....................................... 3-17
       8. #PID ........................................ 3-18
       9. #TI ......................................... 3-19
       10. #TIME ....................................... 3-20
       11. #TODAY ...................................... 3-21
   14. Presetting Control File Variables ............ 3-22
   15. Comments ..................................... 3-25
   16. Labels ....................................... 3-23
   17. User Data .................................... 3-24
   18. Date/Time output format qualifier............. 3-25
4. 4 (:) COMMANDS .................................. 4-1
   1. :ACTIVATE ................................... 4-3
   2. :ADD DEFINE ................................. 4-4
   3. :ASSIGN ..................................... 4-5
   4. :CLEAR ...................................... 4-6
   5. :COMMENT .................................... 4-7
   6. :CREATE ..................................... 4-8
   7. :DELETE DEFINE .............................. 4-9
   8. :FILES ...................................... 4-10
   9. :LOGON ...................................... 4-14
   10. :OBEY ....................................... 4-15
   11. :PARAM ...................................... 4-16
   12. :PPD ........................................ 4-17
   13. :PURGE ...................................... 4-18
   14. :RENAME ..................................... 4-19
   15. :RUN ........................................ 4-20
   16. :SET DEFINE ................................. 4-25
   17. :STATUS ..................................... 4-26
   18. :STOP ....................................... 4-27
   19. :SUSPEND .................................... 4-28
   20. :SYSTEM ..................................... 4-29
   21. :TIME ....................................... 4-30
   22. :VOLUME ..................................... 4-31
   23. :WHO ........................................ 4-32
5. ($) COMMANDS .................................. 5-1
   1. $ALLOW ...................................... 5-2
   2. $CHAIN ...................................... 5-3
   3. $CHKPNT ..................................... 5-4
   4. $COMPUTE .................................... 5-5
   5. $GOTO ....................................... 5-6
   6. $IF ......................................... 5-7
   7. $KILL ....................................... 5-10
   8. $LIST ....................................... 5-11
   9. $MESSAGE .................................... 5-12
   10. $PAGE ....................................... 5-13
   11. $RELEASE .................................... 5-14
   12. $RETURN ..................................... 5-15
   13. $SETL ....................................... 5-16
   14. $SETS ....................................... 5-17
6. LIST FILE ..................................... 6-1
   1. Header ....................................... 6-1
   2. Body ......................................... 6-3
   3. Termination Lines ............................ 6-4
7. SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ............................. 7-1
   1. Dealing with Dumps ........................... 7-1
8. PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS .................... 8-1
   1. NBEXEC NonStop Operation ..................... 8-1
   2. Placement of $CHKPNT Commands ................ 8-1
   3. Checkpoint of (:) commands ................... 8-1
   4. IN/OUT Specifications ........................ 8-2
   5. Running NOWAIT Processes ..................... 8-3
   6. Process Input and Output ..................... 8-4
   7. Abnormal Program Termination ................. 8-4

1. SYNTAX SUMMARY

(:) Commands ................................. A-1

($) Commands ................................. A-2

System Variables ............................. A-3

PROCESS_STOP_ variables ...................... A-3

:FILES DEFER #NEXT variables ................. A-4

$IF compare operators ........................ A-5

Partial (sub)string operators ................ A-5

2. MESSAGES