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Keywords Common to ADDRESS OPSCTL MSF Commands

This section describes the SYSTEM, SYSWAIT, WAIT, OUTPUT, and NOOUTPUT keywords.

Note: OUTPUT/NOUTPUT does not apply to the OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT and OPSCTL MSF LIST commands.

• Keywords Common to All OPSCTL MSF Commands

  SYSTEM(sysid)

  Defines the name of the remote or local MSF system that is to receive the command. The value of sysid can contain from one to eight characters.

  CA OPS/MVS does not check to see whether the sysid system is active when the host command executes. In place of sysid, you may specify either of these values:

  ALL

  Indicates that the command should be routed to all active MSF systems (including the system on which the command was issued).

  EXT

  Indicates that the command should be routed to all active MSF systems, with the exception of the system on which the command was issued.

  If you do not specify the SYSTEM keyword, the value defaults to the value specified on the OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT SYSTEM command.

  SYSWAIT(nnn)

  Defines the maximum time that the command waits for output from the remote system. You may specify a value between 1 and 300 seconds.

  If you do not specify the SYSWAIT keyword, the value defaults to the value specified on the OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT SYSWAIT command.

• Keywords Common to Most OPSCTL MSF Commands

  With the exception of the OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT and OPSCTL MSF LIST commands, all ADDRESS OPSCTL MSF host commands share the following keywords:

  OUTPUT or NOOUTPUT

  Determines whether the command returns output to the external data queue. OUTPUT and NOOUTPUT are mutually exclusive. Specify OUTPUT to have output returned; otherwise, specify NOOUTPUT.

  With the exception of the OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT, all ADDRESS OPSCTL MSF host commands share the following keyword:

  WAIT(seconds)

  Defines the maximum time that the ADDRESS OPSCTL command waits for output. Omit the WAIT keyword if you specify NOOUTPUT, because there is no reason to wait unless you want to collect output. The CA OPS/MVS product ignores any command output generated after the indicated number of seconds has expired.

  There is no default value for WAIT. CA OPS/MVS does not check to see if the value you specify is in a particular range of seconds.