Control statements
Control statement records that are supplied in the SYSIN input stream drive all RMU processing.
A control statement is one or more records of input that begin with an action such as SET, IMPORT, SELECT, BACKUP, or RESTORE. The action must be the first non-blank characters on the record.
Each control statement is processed completely before the RMU advances to the next statement. If an error is detected in the syntax of a control statement, all processing terminates. An error message is generated to SYSPRINT to indicate the nature of the problem and provide the SYSIN input record number to help you to locate the problem.
Some control statements, such as OPTIONS, SET, and SELECT, do not cause the RMU to take action immediately, but merely specify parameters that will be used on subsequent actions, such as DELETE, BACKUP, RESTORE, or IMPORT.
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