MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual (32650-90877)

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Command List III
Commands DATA thru EXIT
ESCAPE
cmd2
Use
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. Pressing
BREAK
has no effect on this command.
Example
errclear
continue
run database
if hpcierr < 0 then
echo database warning ![abs(hpcierr)] detected, proceeding...
elseif hpcierr > 0 then
echo FATAL database error !hpcierr detected, halting...
escape
else
.
.
.
endif
Related Information
Commands ERRCLEAR, RETURN
Manuals MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual Volumes I and II
Command Interpreter Access and Variables Programmer's Guide
EXIT
Terminates the command interpreter. (Native Mode)
Syntax
EXIT
Parameters
None
Operation Notes
When you are using MPE/iX you can start another Command Interpreter by running it as
a program. To do so, you enter CI.PUB.SYS, or simply CI. If you enter this command more
than once, you will create levels of the CI program.
To determine what level of the command interpreter you are in, use the SHOWVAR
HPCIDEPTH command. Then, to back out from the CI, enter the EXIT command. If the
command interpreter is the root CI, EXIT is equivalent to BYE and ends the session.
Otherwise, EXIT returns to the previous process. To go beyond HPCIDEPTH=2 requires
process handling (PH) capability. To end a session without backing out of the CI