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Commands

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 following applies to commands:

• 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 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: CTS

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(???)