HP e3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.75.00) (30216-90344)

Appendix G
HP Stage/iX Reference
HP Stage/iX Commands
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OPTION
The OPTION command is used to set various STAGEMAN options. These options effect how STAGEMAN handles
command files (also see the USE command). There are currently two different options which can be set by the
OPTION command.
The LIST option specifies whether or not the command and command output will be displayed when
executing a command from a command file. If the list option is set to NOLIST, the command will not be echoed
and the command output will be suppressed. If the option is set to LIST, then the command will be echoed and
the output will be displayed to STDLIST (and to the log file if one is active — see the LOG command). The
default for the LIST option is NOLIST. To see the output of a command executed from a command file, either
type OPTION
LIST prior to executing (via USE) that command file, or put an explicit OPTION LIST command inside the
command file.
The CONTINUE option specifies whether or not STAGEMAN will continue to process commands within a
command file if an error is encountered. The default value for the continue option is NOCONTINUE. If the
continue option is set to NOCONTINUE, then STAGEMAN will abort the processing of a command file when an
error occurs. To override this behavior, set the CONTINUE option to CONTINUE.
If you enter the OPTION command with no parameters, then the command will display the current value for
the LIST and CONTINUE options.
The scope of the option command is for the duration of the command file, or until another option command is
encountered (whichever comes first). For example: if you put an OPTION LIST command within a command
file, the LIST option will remain in effect until STAGEMAN finishes processing the command file, or until it
encounters an OPTION
NOLIST command.
The OPTION command cannot be abbreviated.
Syntax
OPTION [{ LIST}] , [{ CONTINUE}] {NOLIST} {NOCONTINUE}
Parameters
[{ LIST}] (optional) {NOLIST}
If this parameter is omitted, the value of the LIST option is unchanged. Otherwise the value of the LIST
option is set to the value specified.
[{ CONTINUE}] (optional) {NOCONTINUE}
If this parameter is omitted, the value of the CONTINUE option is unchanged. Otherwise the value of the
CONTINUE option is set to the value specified.
Example
To see what options are currently set:
STAGEMAN> OPTION
The following options are currently set: NOLIST, NOCONTINUE.
To set the list option to NOLIST and the continue option to CONTINUE:
STAGEMAN> OPTION NOLIST CONTINUE