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Generic Commands

Through the Execute List facilities that Toolkit provides, it is possible to turn any command, i OS, Toolkit, or user-defined, into a generic command. In addition to this capability, Toolkit provides ready made generic versions of certain commonly used i OS commands.

Toolkit generic command concepts are closely linked with Toolkit list concepts: refer to the section on lists in this manual before reading this section.

Note that the meaning of generic under Toolkit is a considerable enhancement upon the i OS concept. The name masking and attribute selection capabilities of the edit and filter list utilities of Toolkit allow you great flexibility in specifying items - far more than that allowed by the mere specification of a generic name.