MPE CI Programming for 7.5

July 22, 2008
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predefined variables
• HPAUTOCONT - set TRUE causes CI to behave as if each command is protected by a
:continue.
• HPCMDTRACE - set TRUE causes UDC / scripts to echo each command line as long as
OPTION NOHELP not specified. Useful for debugging.
• HPCPUMSECS - tracks the number of milliseconds of CPU time used by the process.
useful for measuring script performance.
• HPCWD - current working directory in POSIX syntax.
• HPDATETIME - contains the date/time in
CenturyYearMonthDateHourMinuteSecondMicrosecond format.
• HPDOY - the day number of the year from 1..365.
• HPFILE - the name of the executing script or UDC file.
• HPINTERACTIVE - TRUE means $STDIN and $STDLIST do not form an interactive pair,
useful to test if it is ok to prompt the user.
• HPLASTJOB - the job ID of the job you most recently streamed, useful for a default parm
value in UDCs that alter priority, show processes, etc.