IBM CDI5UG1107 Using Control Language, Reviewing Sterling ConnectDirect CL Command Functions

Chapter 2

Using Control Language

Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS uses Sterling Connect:Direct CL commands to perform Sterling Connect:Direct functions.

Sterling Connect:Direct CL commands have the following general i5/OS CL command format:

™Each command can have required and optional parameters and subparameters that provide additional information needed to run the command.

™Subparameters are always positional.

™Each parameter provides a specific type of information or instruction.

™Each command is followed by one or more keywords and parameter pairs in the following format:

COMMAND keyword(parameter) keyword(parameter) ...

The following example shows a sample Sterling Connect:Direct CL command:

CDRCV SNODE(DALLAS.OS390) SNODENVIRN(OS390)

FDSN(DALLAS.ACCT.DATA)

TDSN(‘ACCOUNT/DATA’)

TOSYSOPTS(‘TYPE(FILE)’)

Reviewing Sterling Connect:Direct CL Command Functions

The following table lists the Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS command names and their functions.

Command	Function
†CDARCSTATM	Compress and delete a statistics file member other than the active one.
CDCOMP	Compress a file on the i5/OS node before sending it to a remote node.
†CDCRTSTATM	Create a new statistics file member and log statistics to that new member.
CDDECOMP	Decompress files received from another node and archived on the i5/OS node as compressed files.
CDDEVACTG	Turns VARY on and off on devices used by Sterling Connect:Direct.
CDDLTARCST	Deletes members from the archive statistics database file.
†CDDLTSTATM	Delete a specified statistics file member other than the active one.

†Administrative commands

‡ Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus for i5/OS commands