REPLY/4Ctrl5A REPLY

The REPLY command enables y ou to reply to pending resource requests.

Syntax

From a terminal:

REPLY pin,reply

From the console:

4Ctrl5A REPLY pin,reply

Parameters

 

 

pin

Speci￿es the message sender's process iden ti￿cation number

 

(PIN), which always appears after the second forward slash ( /)

 

of the message. In the follo wing example, the PIN is 43.

 

?16:15/#S25/43/LDEV# FOR "T" ON TAPE (NUM)?

reply

Speci￿es one of three reply t ypes shown in parentheses in the

 

message:

 

 

(NUM)

Supply a logical device n umber.

 

(Y/N)

Supply YES (Y) or NO (N).

 

(MAX

Supply a string expression consisting of nn

 

CHARS= nn)

characters or few er. This reply t ype is only

 

 

used for labeled tapes.

Operation Notes

Usage

You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in break mode. Pressing 4Break5 does not a￿ect this command. Y ou can enter the REPLY command only if y our system administrator has used the ALLOW command or ASSOCIATE command, which permits you to enter this command.

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