CANDE Operations Reference Manual

ClearPath MCP 20.0

May 2021

8600 1500-511

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Table of Contents

General Information
Documentation Updates
What's New?
User Identification and Logging On
Multi-Factor Authentication
CASESENSITIVEPW Security Option
Startup Files and Restart Files
Accesscodes and Recovery Files
ACCESSCODE Task Attribute
Multiple Commands
Family Substitution
Break Condition
Response to CANDE Commands
Saved Text Queue Manipulation
Input Queue Manipulation
Attributes of CANDE Files
Limitations of CANDE Files
Work Files
Recovery Files
Remote Files
Page Mode Operations
Requirements for Page Mode
Initiating Page Mode and Moving Through the Work File
The Column Indicator
Entering Text and Commands in Page Mode
Pseudostations and Transaction Server Window Dialogs
Multiple CANDE MCSs on a Single System
File Name Truncation
Basic Constructs
CANDE Commands
Overview
ACCESS
ADD
ALTER
APASSWORD
ARCHIVE
BACKUPPROCESS
BIND
BYE
CATALOG
CHANGE
CHARGE
COMPILE
CONNECT
CONTINUE
CONVENTION
COPY
CTYPE
DELETE
DESTNAME
DESTNAME Options
Changing the DESTNAME Value in a Command
DISCARD
DO
ESCAPE
EXCLUDE
EXECUTE or RUN
FAMILY
FILES
Selecting Files with Directory Name Nodes
Selecting Files with Wild-Card Characters
Selecting Files by Pattern Matching
Selecting Files by File Attributes
FIND
FIX
GET or LOAD
HELLO
HELP
INSERT
LANGUAGE
LFILES
LFILE Options
Output Option
Attribute Options
LIST
LOAD
LOG
MAKE
MARGIN
MARKID
MATCH
MCS
MERGE
MKDIR
MODIFY
MOVE
NEWS
NEXT
PAGE
PASSWORD
PDEF
PRINT
PS (Print System) Commands
RANGE
RECOVER
REMOVE
RENEW
REPLACE
RESEQ
RMERGE
RO
RUN
SAME
SAVE
SCHEDULE
SECURITY
SEQ
Single-Line entry or Deletion
SO or RO
SPLIT
START
STATUS
STOP
TAB
TERMINAL
TITLE
TYPE
UNWRAP
UPDATE
UTILITY
VOID
WFL
WHAT
WRAP
WRITE
+ or –
+FIND
CANDE Control Commands
? ASDU
?AT
?AX
?BADFILE
?BREAKPOINT
?C
?CHAR
?%(COMMENT)
?CONNECT
?COUNTS
?CS
?CU
?DBI
?DENY
?DS
?DUMP
ECHO Function
?EDIT
?END
?ENTER
?EOL
?FA
?FI
?FR
?GO
?HI
?HN
?ID
?JA
?LI
?LIBS
?MCS
?MM
?MSG
?MXA
?NF
?NORESTART
?NOTOK
?NUMBERED
?OF
?OK
?OT
?PURGE
?REPEAT
?REPORT
?RESTART
?RESUME
?RETRIEVE
?RM
?RO
?S
?SC
?SCHEDULE
?SF
?SHOW
?SI
?SL
?SO or ?RO
?SQ
?SS
?ST
?STARTTIME
?STATUS
?STUP
?TAKE
?TASKS
?TD
?TI
?TIME
?TO
?UNNUMBERED
?W
?WAIT
?WHERE
?WHY and ?Y
?WM
?WRU
?Y
?Z
Functional Command Groupings
Understanding Railroad Diagrams
Railroad Diagram Concepts
Paths
Constants and Variables
Constraints
Following the Paths of a Railroad Diagram
Railroad Diagram Examples with Sample Input