Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities (MPE/iX 7.0, 7.5)

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Basics of NMMGR

Common Screen Elements

entering only the portion to the left of the bracket as shown in the

table.

• MPE commands.

• NMMGR path commands. Direct path branching and brother

branching are described in this chapter.

To enter a command, position the cursor at the Command: window by

pressing the [Home] key (the key on your terminal with the diagonal

arrow or the word “Home” on it). You can also use the

[TAB] or cursor

(arrow) keys to move the cursor to the command window. Once you are

there, type in the command and press

[ENTER].

NOTE

You must press [ENTER], not [RETURN], to execute the command.

When there is a command in the command window, pressing

[ENTER]

executes only the command in the window. It will not send other data

on the screen to the computer.

Some NMMGR commands transfer you directly to other screens.

The NMMGR command set includes the colon (:). You can execute any

programmatically executable MPE command from the command

window by prefacing it with a colon. For example, you could type

:LISTF and press

[ENTER]. When MPE is ﬁnished processing your

command, it prompts you to press

[RETURN] to return to the screen

interface.

You can process only one command in the command window at a time.

Table 2-1 NMMGR Screen Mode Commands

NMMGR Command Action

@path Branches to the screen whose path name is given in path.

:MPECommand Executes MPECommand. MPECommand must be a

programmatically executable MPE command.

COM[PRESS] Transfer to the Compress screen.

CON[FIGURATION]

or @

Transfers to the Main screen.

COP[YSUB] Transfers to the Conﬁguration Subtree Copy screen.

ER[RORS] Displays the Error Information screen.

EX[IT] Exits from NMMGR (same as QUIT).

H[ELP] or ? Calls up help function. (See “Getting Help” in this chapter.)

M[AIN] Transfers to the Main screen.