The cicscli command is used to start and shut down the Client daemon, check the availability of servers, and set other options.
The Client daemon starts automatically when you invoke any of the client functions such as EPI, ECI, or 3270 terminal emulation; you do not need to explicitly start the Client daemon, but you must to use the cicscli command to shut it down.
Function | Options |
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Start the Client daemon, and start communication with CICS® servers | -s |
Shut down the Client daemon | -i or -x |
Restart the Client daemon | -j or -y |
Create autostart parameters for the Client daemon | -r |
Start client tracing | -d |
Use memory mapped tracing | -b |
Stop client tracing | -o |
Specify the client components to be traced | -m |
Set up security | -c, -u, and -p |
List connected CICS servers | -l |
Disable all output messages | -q |
Wait for confirmation before completion | -w |
Display information about the version and build level of the Client daemon | -v |
The following sections provide examples of using the cicscli command. Full details of the command syntax are in cicscli command reference.