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Command

The CTS address space is created by starting the CTS task. The CTS task is a multitasking supervisor, which provides support for CTS Services. It provides the means for starting, stopping, and controlling CTS subtasks. The CTS task also provides display and diagnostic facilities.

• The CTS task processes commands from console modify, CTSSYSIN in the member CTSSTART file, CTS internal message facility, and reply to an outstanding WTOR.
• Commands from any source are free-form in MACRO type and/or TSO type syntax.
• The syntax is a command-word followed by parameters separated by either blanks or commas.
• TSO style comments (/*..........*/) may appear anywhere in the command line or alone on the command line.
• Parameters can be keyword, positional or value, and they can be specified in any order.
• Keyword parameters can be of either the KWD= or KWD( ) style.
• Values are constants like SETUP, and can be specified as the alternate NOSETUP.
• Numbers specified for positional and keyword parameters can be from 1- to 15-digits with any number of leading zeros.
• Parameters which contain blanks, commas or special characters must be enclosed in '.......' or (.......).

Examples

          cmd   pos1,pos2,pos3,value1,pos4,kwd1=??,kwd2=???

          cmd   pos1 pos2 pos3 value1 pos4 kwd1(??) kwd2(???)

          cmd   ,pos2               /* omit 1st PARM */

          cmd         value2   NOvalue1  kwd2=??  kwd1(???)