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GLV Command Summary

The following table lists the GLV commands that you can issue through the ADDRESS GLV statement in a REXX program. See the Command and Keyword Reference Guide for command syntax.

GET

Retrieves the current value of a status or GLV variable and assigns that value to a local REXX variable of the same name

GRPLIST

Places a list of all variable groups into the external data queue

GRPLISTV

Places a list of all variable groups directly into a REXX variable

LIST

Places the name and value of a variable into the external data queue

LISTV

Places the name and value of a variable directly into the REXX variable

PURGE

Deletes all volatile variables in a specified variable group

PUT

Assigns the value of a local REXX variable to a volatile status or GLV variable of the same name

PUTP

Assigns the value of a local REXX variable to a non-volatile status or GLV variable of the same name. (This command creates or updates a .glv file.)

SELECT

Selects a particular variable group for succeeding GLV commands to act upon. This command is valid globally as a stand-alone command or locally as an operand in most other GLV commands.

SET

Assigns values to one or more volatile variables

SETL

Assigns a literal value, which can contain blanks, to a single volatile variable

SETLP

Assigns a literal value, which can contain blanks, to a single non-volatile variable. (This command creates or updates a .glv file.)

SETP

Assigns values to one or more non-volatile variables. (This command creates or updates a .glv file.)

VER

Places the version number of GLV services on your workstation to the external data queue

VERV

Places the version number of GLV services on your workstation into a REXX variable