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Chapter6.Commands

Chapter6.Commands

Table of Contents

Break
Examples of BREAK

Close

Do
Examples of DO
Else
Examples of ELSE
For
Examples of FOR
Goto
Examples of GOTO

Halt

Hang
Examples of HANG
If
Examples of If
Job
The JOB Environment

JOB Processparameters

Examples of JOB

Kill
Examples of KILL

Lock

Using Locks within Transactions
Example of LOCK
Merge
Examples of MERGE
New
Examples of NEW

Open

Quit
Examples of QUIT

Read

Set
Examples of SET

TCommit

TREstart

TROllback

TStart
S[ERIAL]

T[RANSACTIONID]=expr

Use

View
Key Words in VIEW Command

Examples of VIEW

Write

Xecute
Examples of XECUTE
ZAllocate
Examples of ZALLOCATE
ZBreak
Examples of ZBREAK
ZCOMpile
Examples of ZCompile

ZContinue

ZDeallocate
Examples of ZDEALLOCATE
ZEDit
Examples of ZEDIT
ZGoto
Examples of ZGOTO
ZHALT
Examples of ZHALT
ZHelp
Examples of ZHELP
ZLink
ZLINK Compilation

Examples of ZLINK

Auto-ZLINK

Auto-ZLINK setup

ZLINK, auto-ZLINK and Routine Names

ZKill

ZMessage
Examples of ZMESSAGE
ZPrint
Examples of ZPRINT

ZRUPDATE

ZSHow
ZSHOW Information Codes

Examples of ZSHow

ZSHOW Destination Variables

Use of ZSHOW

ZSTep
ZSTEP Into

ZSTep OUtof

ZSTep OVer

ZSTEP Actions

ZSTEP Interactions

Use of ZSTEP

Examples of ZSTEP

ZSYstem
Examples of ZSYSTEM
ZTCommit
Examples of ZTCOMMIT

ZTRigger

ZTStart

ZWIthdraw
Examples of ZWITHDRAW
ZWRite
ZWRITE Format for Alias Variables

Examples of ZWRITE

This chapter describes M language commands implemented in GT.M. All commands starting with the letter Z are GT.M additions to the ANSI standard command set. The M standard specifies standard abbreviations for commands and rejects any non-standard abbreviation. Behavior of I/O commands including OPEN, USE, READ, WRITE, and CLOSE is described in Chapter9: “Input/Output Processing.