COMMAND User Exit

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COMMAND User Exit

Use the COMMAND user exit to examine CA VM:Director commands before they are executed. For full‑screen commands such as USER and MANAGE, the initial command line is sent to the COMMAND user exit; subsequent selections in the screen are not processed by the user exit.

Note: CA VM:Director may pass a 15‑byte IP address to this user exit; consider using an extended PLIST with this exit. A standard PLIST is limited to 8‑byte tokens.

COMMAND userid [command [parameters]]

Definitions

userid: Specifies the user ID executing the specified command.
[command [parameters]: Specifies the name of the command, which may be abbreviated, and any parameters supplied by the user invoking the command.

Return Codes

The following table describes the return codes:

Return Code	Meaning
0	Command has been accepted
4	Alternate command has been stacked
8	Command is invalid and a message is stacked; the length limit of the message is 67 bytes The message stacked by the user exit goes to the CA VM:Director console, and the user receives an INVALID COMMAND message If you want the user to receive any additional messages, use the CP MSG or CP MSGNOH command within the exit

Return Code

Meaning

Command has been accepted

Alternate command has been stacked

Command is invalid and a message is stacked; the length limit of the message is 67 bytes

The message stacked by the user exit goes to the CA VM:Director console, and the user receives an INVALID COMMAND message

If you want the user to receive any additional messages, use the CP MSG or CP MSGNOH command within the exit