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DCMT SHUTDOWN Command Usage

Using the DCMT SHUTDOWN command

Unless NOPROMPT is specified, authorized users issuing the following command from their own terminal or from the operator's console are prompted by the following DC/UCF message:

ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN SYSTEM system-number, TYPE 'Y' TO CONTINUE

Enter one of the following user response:

• Enter Y to shut down the system. DC/UCF issues the following message and shuts down the system:

  DC260002  USER:user-id    IDMS-DC IS BEING SHUT DOWN
  

  If you issued DCMT SHUTDOWN from a non-console terminal, your terminal is logged off at this point. In this case, you do not receive additional shutdown messages at your terminal.

• Enter anything other than Y to instruct DC/UCF to ignore the shutdown request. In this case, DC/UCF resumes normal operation after displaying the following informational message:

  IDMS DC260905 V104 USER:JSMITH  * * INVALID RESPONSE, SHUTDOWN ABORTED
  

Aborting the system

To abort the DC/UCF system, use the DCMT ABORT command.

Conversational tasks

DC/UCF waits for conversational tasks to finish executing. Therefore, use SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE when a conversational task is running in attach mode or awaiting user input that is not forthcoming.