Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

Chapter 10 191
Technical Articles
CI Enhancements
File equations are supported for both the FROM= and TO= parameters.
However, the TO= name cannot be a back reference to a file equation
who's actual filename is a directory. As before, symbolic links are
accepted as the source and/or target filenames.
Enhancements to the SHOWVAR Command
The SHOWVAR command now allows users with SM capability to see
user-defined CI variables for a job or session other than their own.
Syntax
SHOWVAR [var1 [,var2 [varN]]] [;JOB=[#]J|Snnnn]
[;USER | ;HP | ;ANY]
JOB= causes the user-defined variables associated with
another job or session to be displayed. The HP option is
not supported with JOB=, and no HP predefined
variables are visible for another job/session.
USER specifies that only user-defined variables are shown.
this is the default when no variable name is supplied.
USER is implied when JOB= is used.
HP specifies that only HP predefined variables are shown.
ANY specifies that both user and predefined variables are
shown. This is the default when one or more variable
names are supplied.
Operation
This command displays the variables specified and their values. It
displays information in the format ‘VARIABLE NAME = value
string’. By default, the user’s own variables are shown. System
Manager (SM) capability is required to see the variables for another job
or session.
If the variable names are omitted ‘@’ and USER are assumed. The HP
predefined variables are listed in alphabetical order; whereas, the
user-defined variables are displayed in temporal order, that is the order
in which they were created. The specification of JOB= forces the USER
option too.
This command may be issued from a session, job, program or in BREAK.
Pressing
Break aborts the execution of this command.
Example
To see all user-defined variables for job #J123, enter
SHOWVAR @;job=J123; USER