:(MPE Command)

DISCUSSION

The >: command allows you to enter certain MPE commands without using the Break key. The colon indicates to SORT-MERGE/XL that it should pass the rest of the record to the MPE XL operating system. To continue an MPE command on the next record, the last nonblank character on the current record should be an ampersand (&). The command may be continued after the >: prompt.

Valid MPE commands are those capable of being executed programmatically. (Refer to the MPE XL Commands Reference Manual (32650-90003) for a list of valid entries.) Command Interpreter and file system error messages are printed if an error occurs. User Defined Commands, Command Files, and program files cannot be entered from the SORT-MERGE/XL >: command, but are valid during a Break.

EXAMPLE

The following example shows using two MPE commands (:BUILD and :LIST) from within the SORT/XL subsystem.

     :SORT



     HP32214C.02.03  SORT/3000 THU, JUN  4, 1987, 11:00 AM 

     © HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986 

     >:BUILD EMPLOYEE;REC=-132,10,F,ASCII; &   

     >:                   DISC=10000,32,32;CCTL   

     >:LISTF EMPLOYEE,2   



THU, JUN  4, 1987,  11:06 AM 



ACCOUNT=  SUBSYS       GROUP=  SORT 



FILENAME  CODE  ---------LOGICAL RECORD--------  --SPACE-- 

                        SIZE   TYP      EOF    LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX 



EMPLOYEE      133B   FAC        0    10000  10     6006 32 32 



     >EXIT



     END OF PROGRAM 

ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION

Refer to the MPE XL Commands Reference Manual (32650-90003).