ClearPath MCP 21.0
June 2023
8600 0395-530
Copyright © 2023 Unisys Corporation.
Warranty Disclaimer
NO WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE ARE EXTENDED BY THIS DOCUMENT. Any product or related information described herein is only furnished pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of a duly executed agreement to purchase or lease equipment or to license software. The only warranties made by Unisys, if any, with respect to the products described in this document are set forth in such agreement. Unisys cannot accept any financial or other responsibility that may be the result of your use of the information in this document or software material, including direct, special, or consequential damages.
You should be very careful to ensure that the use of this information and/or software material complies with the laws, rules, and regulations of the jurisdictions with respect to which it is used.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions may be issued to advise of such changes and/or additions.
Notice to U.S. Government End Users: This software and any accompanying documentation are commercial items which have been developed entirely at private expense. They are delivered and licensed as commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation within the meaning of the applicable acquisition regulations. Use, reproduction, or disclosure by the Government is subject to the terms of Unisys’ standard commercial license for the products, and where applicable, the restricted/limited rights provisions of the contract data rights clauses.
Table of Contents
- System Commands Overview
- Commands
-
- A (Active Mix Entries)
- ACCOUNTING (Resource Accounting)
- ACQUIRE (Acquire Resource)
- AD (Access Duplicate)
- ADM (Automatic Display Mode)
- AI (Automatic Initiation)
- AR (Archive Release)
- ARCCONVERT (Convert Archive Directory)
- ARCCOPY (Copy Archive Directory)
- ARCDUPLICATE (Duplicate Archive Directory)
- ARCREPLACE (Replace Archive Directory)
- ASD (Actual Segment Descriptor)
- ASDT (ASD THRESHOLD)
- ASDU (ASD Usage)
- AT (At Remote Host)
- AUTORESTORE (Archiving AUTORESTORE Option)
- AX (Accept)
- BADFILE (Bad File)
- BCA (Business Continuity Accelerator)
- BNA
- BNAVERSION
- BR (Breakout)
- C (Completed Mix Entries)
- CA (Candidate)
- CACHE (Disk Cache)
- CC (Control Card)
- CF (Configuration File)
- CHECKFILE (Check for Nonresident Files)
- CL (Clear)
- CLOSE (Close Pack)
- CM (Change MCP)
- CO (CONTROLLER Options)
- COMPILERTARGET (Set Default Target Value)
- COMPILE STATUS (Information for Compiler Task)
- COPYCAT (Copy Catalog)
- CPURATEBIAS
- CQ (Clear Queue)
- CS (Change Supervisor)
- CU (Core Usage)
- DA (Dump Analyzer)
- DBI (Database Information)
- DBS (Database Stack Entries)
- DD (Directory Duplicate)
- DIR (Directory)
- DIRECTORY ONLY
- DISKKEY
- DF (Empty Dumpdisk File)
- DL (Disk Location)
- DMSDELAY (Set DMSDELAY to Zero)
- DN (Dump Name)
- DO (Diagnostic Options)
- DOWN (Down Resource)
- DQ (Default Queue)
- DR (Date Reset)
- DRC (Disk Resource Control)
- DS (Discontinue)
- DU (Disk Utilization)
- DUMP (Dump Memory)
- ENCRYPT
- EXPAND (Expand Directory)
- FA (File Attribute)
- FAMILYACCESS (Directory Location)
- FI (File Information)
- FILELOCKTLIMIT (File Lock Time Limit)
- FIND
- FM (Form Message)
- FR (Final Reel)
- FREE (Free Resource)
- FS (Force Schedule)
- GC (Group Configuration)
- HI (Cause Exception Event)
- HLUNIT (Specify Halt/Load Unit)
- HOLD (Hold Unit for Operator Use)
- HOSTNAME (Hostname)
- HS (Hold Schedule)
- HU (Host Usercode)
- IB (Instruction Block)
- ID (Initialize Data Comm)
- IK (Install Keys)
- IL (Ignore Label)
- INITIALIZE (Initialize Disk)
- INSTALL (Install Software)
- IODELAY (Set I/O Delay to Zero)
- IOTIMER (Specify Time-out Value)
- J (Job and Task Display)
- JOBDESC (Job Description File Usage)
- LABEL (LABEL ODT)
- LB (Relabel Pack)
- LC (Log Comment)
- LG (Log for Mix Number)
- LI (Library Information)
- LIBS (Library Task Entries)
- LIBTRACE (Library Trace)
- LICENSESTATUS
- LJ (Log to Job)
- LOADPCD
- LOG (Analyze Log)
- LOGGING (Logging Options)
- LP (Lock Program)
- MAX (Maximums)
- MCS (Message Control System)
- MDT (Memory Dump Type)
- MEMORYCEILING (Set Memory Ceiling)
- MIRROR (Mirror Disk)
- ML (Mix Limit)
- MM (Memory Module)
- MODE (Unit Mode)
- MOVE (Move Job or Pack)
- MP (Mark Program)
- MQ (Make or Modify Queue)
- MSC (Message Control)
- MSG (Display Messages)
- MU (Make User)
- MX (Mix Entries)
- NA (Network Application)
- NET (Network)
- NEW SYSTEMDIRECTORY (Replace an Existing SYSTEMDIRECTORY)
- NF (No File)
- NOTOK (Do Not Reactivate)
- NS (Next Screen)
- NW (Network Prefix)
- O (Overlay)
- OF (Optional File)
- OK (Reactivate)
- OL (Display Label and Paths)
- OP (Options)
- OPLOCKTIMEOUT
- OT (Inspect Stack Cell)
- OU (Output Unit)
- PARTIALSETS
- PB (Print Backup)
- PD (Print Directory) and PDRES (Print Directory Resident Files)
- PDIR (Process Directory)
- PER (Peripheral Status)
- PF (Print Fetch)
- PG (Purge)
- PLI (Periodic Logging Interval)
- PMIX (Process Mix)
- POWER (Power Down)
- PQ (Purge Queue)
- PR (Priority)
- PRIMITIVE RUN
- Print System (PS) Introduction
- PROCSET (Target Processor Set)
- PUNIT (Process Unit)
- PV (Print Volume)
- QF (Queue Factors)
- QT (Quit)
- RA (Register Application)
- RB (Rebuild Access)
- RC (Reconfigure Disk)
- RECONFIGURE (Reconfigure System)
- REMOTEDISK
- REMOTESPO (Activate REMOTESPO)
- REPLACE (Replace Pack Volume)
- RES (Reserve)
- RESTART (Restart Jobs)
- RESTRICT (Set Restrictions)
- RF (Reliability Factor)
- RM (Remove)
- RP (Resident Program)
- RW (Rewind)
- RY (Ready)
- S (Scheduled Mix Entries)
- SB (Substitute Backup)
- SBP (System Balancing Parameters)
- SC (System Configuration)
- SCAN (Scan Pack Volume)
- SECOPT (Security Options)
- SEGARRAYSTART (Array Segmentation Start Size)
- SEND (Send Message)
- SESSIONS (Show Sessions)
- SF (Set Factor)
- SHARE (Shared Family)
- SHOW
- SHOWOPEN (Show Open Disk Files)
- SHOWSPARES (Show Spare Disks)
- SI (System Intrinsics)
- SL (Support Library)
- SM (Send to MCS or Database)
- SN (Serial Number)
- SNMP (SNMP Engine ID)
- SQ (Show Queue)
- SQUASH (Consolidate Disk Allocation)
- SQUASH SYSTEMDIRECTORY (Reduce Number of Directory AREAS)
- SS (Send to Station)
- ST (Stop)
- STARTTIME (Start Time)
- STORESAFE
- STRUCTURECACHE (Cache Maintenance)
- SUPPRESS (Suppress Display)
- SUPPRESSWARNING (Suppress Warning)
- SV (Save)
- SW (Switches)
- SYSADMIN COMMAND
- SYSOPS (System Options)
- TD (Time and Date)
- TDIR (Tape Directory)
- TERM (Terminal)
- THAW (Thaw Frozen Library)
- TI (Times)
- TL (Transfer Log)
- TR (Time Reset)
- TSU (TapeStack Utility)
- TV (Type Volume)
- U (Utilization)
- UL (Unlabeled)
- UP (Up Resource)
- UQ (Unit Queue)
- UR (Unit Reserved)
- USERLICENSE
- W (Waiting Mix Entries)
- WH (Wait History)
- WM (What MCP)
- XD (Bad Disk)
- Y (Status Interrogate)
- Primitive Commands
-
- ??CD (Conditional Dump)
- ??CL (Clear)
- ??CM (Change MCP)
- ??COPY (Copy Files)
- ??DIALT (Dial Trace)
- ??DS (Discontinue)
- ??DUMP (Dump Memory)
- ??FS (Force Schedule)
- ??HALT (Halt System)
- ??HS (Hold Schedule)
- ??MARC (Transfer to Menu-Assisted Resource Control)
- ??MEMDP (Dump Memory)
- ??ODT (Return from Menu-Assisted Resource Control)
- ??OK (Reactivate)
- ??OL (Display Label and Paths)
- ??PD (Print Directory)
- ??PHL (Programmatic Halt/Load)
- ??REMOVE (Remove File)
- ??RESTRICT (Restrict ODT)
- ??RJ (Remove JOBDESC File)
- ??RUN (Run Code File)
- ??RV (Restart Volume Directory)
- ??SECAD (Security Administrator Authorization)
- ??ST (Stop)
- ??TRACE (Trace Table)
- ??UNWRAP (Unwrap Files)
- ??UR (Unit Reserved)
- ??W (Waiting Mix Entries)
- Memory Dump Processing and Commands
- Functional Command Groupings
-
- General Categories
- Automatic Display Mode (ADM) and ODT Control Commands
- BNA Commands
- Directory and Disk File Management Commands
- Disk Pack Commands
- Dump Commands
- Installation and Licensing
- Job Queue Commands
- Log Commands
- Maintenance Commands
- MCP Commands
- Memory Management Commands
- Networking Commands
- Peripheral Commands
- Printer Commands
- Process Management Commands
- Processor Management Commands
- Program Communication Commands
- System Configuration Commands
- System Security Commands
- Tape Commands
- Workload Management Commands
- Old and New Command Mnemonics
- Using CANDE and WFL at an ODT
- Cold-Start Default Values
- Basic Constructs
- Understanding Railroad Diagrams
List of Tables