Air Cleaner User Manual

Chapter 1. Using MQSeries commands

MQSeries commands (MQSC) provide a uniform method of issuing

human-readable commands on MQSeries platforms. For information about

programmable command format (PCF) commands (not available on OS/390), see the

MQSeries Programmable System Management manual.

This chapter describes:

v “Rules for using MQSeries commands”

v “Rules for naming MQSeries objects” on page 4

v “How to read syntax diagrams” on page 7

The general format of the commands is shown in “Chapter 2. The MQSeries

commands” on page 9.

Rules for using MQSeries commands

You should observe the following rules when using MQSeries commands:

v Each command starts with a primary parameter (a verb), and this is followed by

a secondary parameter (a noun). This is then followed by the name or generic

name of the object (in parentheses) if there is one, which there is on most

commands. Following that, parameters can usually occur in any order; if a

parameter has a corresponding value, the value must occur directly after the

parameter to which it relates.

Note: On OS/390, the secondary parameter does not have to be second.

v Keywords, parentheses, and values can be separated by any number of blanks

and commas. A comma shown in the syntax diagrams can always be replaced

by one or more blanks. There must be at least one blank immediately preceding

each parameter (after the primary parameter) except on OS/390.

v Any number of blanks can occur at the beginning or end of the command, and

between parameters, punctuation, and values. For example, the following

command is valid:

ALTER QLOCAL ('Account' ) TRIGDPTH ( 1)

Blanks within a pair of quotation marks are significant.

v Additional commas can appear anywhere where blanks are allowed and are

treated as if they were blanks (unless, of course, they are inside quoted strings).

v Repeated parameters are not allowed. Repeating a parameter with its ‘NO’

version, as in REPLACE NOREPLACE, is also not allowed.

v Strings that contain blanks, lowercase characters or special characters other than:

– Period (.)

– Forward slash (/)

– Underscore (_)

– Percent sign (%)

must be enclosed in single quotation marks, unless they are:

– Issued from the MQSeries for OS/390 operations and control panels

– Generic names ending with an asterisk (on OS/400 these must be enclosed in

single quotation marks)