CL Programming


Command Definition

Command definition allows system users to create additional commands to meet specific application needs. These commands are similar to the system commands.

Each command on the system has a command definition object and a command processing program (CPP). The command definition object defines the command, including:

The CPP is the program called when the command is entered. Because the system performs validity checking when the command is entered, the CPP does not always have to check the parameters passed to it.

The command definition functions can be used to:

See Defining Commands, for a detailed discussion of command definition.


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