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Command Descriptions

The following commands are processed by CTSCMD which may send commands to subtasks for further processing. CTS subtasks are required to handle CANCEL, STOP, and STATUS commands which are sent to them.

Command

Description

CANCEL

Request a CTS subtask to ABEND with a User-111 and dump.

DISPLAY or D

Request a display of CTS options, defined tasks, or active tasks.

FORCE

Detach a CTS subtask causing its forceable termination.

MSG or M

Send text to a CTS subtask.

SET

Set one or more CTS options or a CTS subtask definition.

SPINOFF

Release SYSOUT for printing.

START or S

Start a CTS subtask for the task ID. If the task ID is defined to CTS, the task ID is the only parameter required. If it is not defined to CTS, the PGM parameter must be used to identify the program to attach. The other parameters may be used to specify or override defined values.

STATUS

Request subtask to display status information.

STOP or P

Request a subtask to complete normally.

The parameter and description for each command are as follows: