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This command modifies the environment of user-defined commands
and command files. It is used within the command definition to
set up and change the environment dynamically. The UDC option
called OPTION in MPE V/E is retained in MPE/iX as a static option
in the header of the command. This command is intended for use
only in a User Command. Executing the OPTION command
interactively (outside a User Command) does not produce an error,
but does not have any effect, either.
[{LIST }] [{RECURSION }]
OPTION [{NOLIST}] [,] [{NORECURSION}]
LIST Specifies that the command lines in a user command
(UDC or command file) are to be printed before each
command in the User Command is executed.
NOLIST Suppresses the listing of the command lines in a
user command when it is executed. NOLIST is the
default.
RECURSION Specifies that the search for UDCs is to begin at
the beginning of the cataloged commands list.
RECURSION and NORECURSION do not have any meaning in
a command file, because command files are not
cataloged.
NORECURSION Specifies that the UDC search starts at the command
currently executing and continues, in order, through
the UDC catalog, as in MPE V/E. Default. RECURSION
and NORECURSION do not have any meaning in a command
file, because command files are not cataloged.
The OPTION command modifies the environment of user defined
commands (UDCs) and command files. The MPE V/E option
called OPTION is retained. It is declared in the header of
the user command, after the parameter line, and affects the
entire command. The OPTION command gives the user more
flexibility in modifying the user command environment.
The LIST/NOLIST option specifies whether command lines in a
UDC are printed before execution of each command.
RECURSION/NORECURSION determines the search order for
commands cataloged.
RECURSION starts the UDC search at the beginning of the
cataloged commands. NORECURSION, the default setting,
starts the search at the command currently executing.
RECURSION and NORECURSION do not have any meaning in a
command file, because command files are not cataloged. The
default is NORECURSION.
Nesting of IF and WHILE blocks in UDCs is limited to a
combined total of 30 levels. Each IF or WHILE block read
by the CI increments the nesting count even if it resides
within a different UDC. It is especially important to
remember this when using the recursion option which may
make it easy to increment the nesting count beyond 30.
OPTION values are set to defaults whenever a command file
or UDC is executed. If OPTION is specified as part of the
user command definition then the OPTION will be RESET to
this value if another UDC/command file is called from the
user command. If OPTION is not set in the header of a UDC/
command file then its value will not be retained across
calls to other UDC/command files.
Be sure to distinguish between the OPTION command and OPTION used
in the header of a user command.
The OPTION command (described here) accepts only the LIST/NOLIST
and RECURSION/NORECURSION parameters. OPTION used in the header of
a UDC or a command file accepts the HELP/NOHELP, LOGON/NOLOGON,
BREAK/NO BREAK, and PROGRAM/NOPROGRAM parameters, in addition to the
LIST/NOLIST and RECURSION/NORECURSION parameters.
This command is available in a session, job, or from a
program, or in BREAK. Pressing [Break] has no effect on this
command.
To send a line-by-line listing of a command file to $STDLIST
as it executes, include this command in the command file, ahead
of the statements to be displayed:
OPTION LIST
(You may, alternatively, place the command line OPTION LIST
within the header of the command file.)
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