Control statements

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.

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Control statements are the records supplied in the SYSIN input stream to drive all RMU processing.

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 they specify the parameters to be used on subsequent actions. For example, DELETE, BACKUP, RESTORE, or IMPORT.

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