The Command Options; Comments In Cms Command Lines; Notational Conventions - IBM Professional Series User Manual

The Command Options
CMS command options are keywords used to control the
execution of the command. The CMS command formats in
"CMS Commands" show all the options for each CMS
command.
The option list must be preceded by a left parenthesis; the
closing parenthesis is not necessary.
For most commands, if conflicting or duplicate options are
entered, the last option entered is the option in effect for the
command. Exceptions to this rule are noted where
applicable.
Comments in CMS Command Lines
You can enter comments on your console by using the CP
*
command.
You can write comments with CMS commands by entering
them following the closing parenthesis of the option list. The
only exception to this rule is the ERASE command, for
which comments are not allowed.
Notational Conventions
The notation used to define the command syntax in this
publication is:
Truncations and Abbreviations of Commands
Where truncation of a command name is permitted, the
shortest acceptable version of the command is
represented by uppercase letters. (Remember, however,
that CMS commands can be entered with any
combination of uppercase and lowercase letters.) The
following example shows the format specification for the
FILEDEF command.
F Iledef
This format means that FI, FIL, FILE, FILED,
FILEDE, and FILEDEF are all valid specifications for
this command name.
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