Specifications

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Using Access Server Commands
Command Line Editing and Recall
The access server supports command line editing and recall.
Command line editing enables you to use the left arrow and right arrow keys and
the delete key on your keyboard to modify the access server local command
currently being entered.
Command line recall enables you to use the up arrow and down arrow keys on
your keyboard to restore previously executed access server local commands.
Once restored, the command can also be edited using the command line editing
feature.
Command Requirements and Restrictions
You can enter the access server commands in either uppercase or lowercase
characters, or a combination of both. Separate the words in a command line by
one or more spaces.
Command lines can contain up to 132 characters. You can continue a command
line onto a second terminal display line provided you do not press the Return key
at the end of the first display line. In local mode, there is no type-ahead facility.
You can interrupt current local mode output by pressing the Break key or by
entering your local switch character. When a TN3270 session is interrupted with
the Break or the local switch character, you are placed in the local mode with the
cursor positioned at the last row of the screen.
When a command executes, or fails to execute, you get a status or error message.
If you make an error in a command line, the access server rejects the entire
command line. If you get an error message, check the command syntax and
reenter all or part of the command as necessary. When a command has executed
successfully, the access server displays a local mode prompt.
For command line editing and recall to work on a particular port, the port type
characteristic must be set to ANSI (this is the default). For more information,
refer to the SET/DEFINE/CHANGE PORT TYPE command.
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