The CA (Candidate) command displays the BNAV2 candidates for those unmatched local subports and remote subports whose HOSTNAME attribute equals the local host name. A candidate is a subport that is offered for use but not yet matched (connected) to another subport.
Syntax

Explanation
CA
CANDIDATE
Displays the following attributes for each candidate.
FILENAME |
SECURITY TYPE |
MY HOST |
MY HOST GROUP |
APPLICATION GROUP |
MY USERCODE |
REQUESTED CHAR SET |
TRANSLATE |
OFFER TYPE |
MATCHING STATUS |
MY NAME |
YOUR NAME |
MY CODEFILE |
INTNAME |
USING PROCESS |
YOUR HOST |
SUBPORT INDEX |
IGNORE DIRECTORY |
REQUESTED YOUR USERCODE |
YOUR HOST GROUP |
AVAILABLE ONLY |
|
CA <port name>
Displays those candidates whose port names (TITLE file attribute values) are equal to <port name>.
Example
The following example shows a candidate display:
CA NETCONTROLPORT
FILENAME = NETCONTROLPORT MY HOST = GREEN MY HOST GROUP = TRMILLIGAD APPLICATION GROUP = *BNA_CNTRL_AGENT MY USERCODE = REQUESTED CHAR SET = EBCDIC TRANSLATE = NOTRANS OFFER TYPE = NO OFFER MATCHING STATUS = NOT OFFERED MY NAME = LCF YOUR NAME = REMOTESYSTEMCONTROLLER MY CODEFILE = *SYSTEM/CNS/SUPPORT ON DISK USING PROCESS = 31741/31741 INTNAME = NETCONTROLPORT SUBPORT INDEX = 17 YOUR HOST = YOUR HOST GROUP = REQUESTED YOUR USERCODE = AVAILABLE ONLY - IGNORE DIRECTORY + SECURITY TYPE = PRIVATE