Previous Topic

Next Topic

Book Contents

Book Index

preprocess

Displays the command list with substituted values of all preprocessor directives.

The PREPROCESS displays the contents of the command list, substituting all values that are preprocessor directives. This can be used to test out the preprocessed values before the job is run or to output the processed list into a template or symbol table.

GENERAL FORMAT

Schedule> preprocess job_name

QUALIFIER SUMMARY

/commands

/confirm

/distribution

/[no]log

/node=target_node

/notices

/now=projected_time

/out=output_file

/symbol

/template=template_name

EXAMPLES

Schedule> PREPROCESS job1

The date is 12-dec-2009

QUALIFIERS

/COMMANDS

The COMMANDS qualifier displays the commands list of the job with all preprocessor directives resolved.

/CONFIRM

/NOCONFIRM

CONFIRM requests that the user be prompted prior to any operation to verify that the selected entry is the correct one.

/DISTRIBUTION

The DISTRIBUTION qualifier displays the distribution list of the job with all preprocessor directives resolved.

/LOG

/NOLOG

The LOG qualifier causes each completed operation to issue a note to the user.

/NOTICES

The NOTICES qualifier displays the notices list of the job with all preprocessor directives resolved.

/NODE=target_node

The NODE qualifier specifies what NODE (either local or remote) you want the operation performed on. /HOSTNAME may be substituted for /NODE.

/NOW=projected_time

The NOW qualifier displays the resulting value of the evaluation takes place in the time designated.

/OUTPUT=OUTPUT_FILE

The OUTPUT option sends all output to a text file. Output can be printed or displayed as needed.

/SYMBOL

Inserts the contents of the designated symbol into the command list of the job. The symbol is created using the type/symbol command.

/TEMPLATE=schedule_library:template_db.schedule

The TEMPLATE qualifier formats the directory output as it is defined in the template file schedule_library:template_db.schedule . This output can be used for a variety of reasons and can be output to a file using the OUTPUT qualifier . The supplied template file extracts all database information into a format suitable for insertion if desired.

See Also

GENERAL commands

directory /all

exit

prompt

push

set default

set node

show default

show license

show node

show status

show version

source

verify

version

workgroup