STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Products Manual (B5151-90003)

Chapter 5 71

Storing Files

Specifying Files in a STORE Command

and a nonsystem volume set's ﬁles and directory. The usual STORE command, as illustrated

in the previous section, might be:

:STORE @.@.@;*T;DIRECTORY;ONVS=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET,NV1

Using an indirect ﬁle can save time, especially if your STORE command is long or contains

information that is difﬁcult to remember. You enter the STORE ﬁles and parameters in a

text ﬁle:

@.@.@;DIRECTORY;ONVS=MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET,NV1

Give the text ﬁle a name that is easy to remember, and reference the text ﬁle name in a

STORE command. The following STORE command references the ﬁle BACKUP as an indirect

ﬁle:

:STORE ^BACKUP;*T

The caret (^) is used prior to the ﬁlename to tell STORE that it is an indirect ﬁle.

The exclamation point (!) can also be used, but it will be interpreted by the command

interpreter (CI) as a variable deference. If you do not intend for it to be used that way, you

should specify two exclamation points (!!) to cause a single exclamation point ( ! ) to be

passed to STORE. However, the recommended character is the carat ( ^ ).

Multiple indirect ﬁles can also be used. For example:

:STORE ^BACKUP1,^BACKUP2;*T

Indirect ﬁles can also be nested. The maximum nesting level is 3. For example:

INDIR1: @.PUB.SYS;SHOW

INDIR2:

@.OUT.HPSPOOL

^INDIR1

:STORE ^INDIR2;*T

Any commands that can be speciﬁed on the STORE command line can be speciﬁed in an

indirect ﬁle. The one exception is the store device speciﬁcation, which is usually speciﬁed

immediately following the ﬁleset list. The store device must always be speciﬁed on the

command line. However, if multiple devices are being used for the backup, the STORESET

option can be speciﬁed in the indirect ﬁle.

Options can be speciﬁed on both the command line and in the indirect ﬁle. Any options

that are speciﬁed apply to all ﬁlesets in all indirect ﬁles, as well as any ﬁlesets speciﬁed on

the command line.

Each line in the indirect ﬁle can contain ﬁleset lists separated by commas, and options

separated by semicolons. Fileset lists must always be speciﬁed ﬁrst on a line. An option can

also be speciﬁed ﬁrst on a line, but once an option is speciﬁed, no ﬁleset lists may follow

them on the line.

Negative ﬁlesets can also be speciﬁed in indirect ﬁles. They should always immediately

follow a ﬁleset speciﬁcation. Although one or more negative ﬁlesets can be speciﬁed on

their own line, no options should be speciﬁed between the ﬁleset and its associated

negative ﬁlesets. As when specifying negative ﬁlesets on the command line, there is no