Syntax rules

• Terminate commands with a semi-colon (;).
• You can code commands on multiple lines.
• You can code multiple commands and execute each command after it passes its syntax check.
• BMC AMI Recovery Manager ignores columns 73-80.
• BMC AMI Recovery Manager ignores blank lines.
• You can specify comments in two ways, depending on whether you want the entire line to be considered a comment.
  • Specify an asterisk (*) or double hyphen (--) starting in column 1 to cause the entire line to be considered as a comment.
  • Specify a double hyphen (--), double slash (//), or slash asterisk (/*) starting in column 2 through 72 to cause the remainder of the line to be considered a comment.
• Wildcards are supported in object set names as follows:
  • The characters % (percent) and * (asterisk) can be used as wildcards to match any number of characters in a name.
  • The character ? (question mark) can be used as a wildcard to match a single character in a name.
• Double quotation marks (" ") are not supported in object set names. 

Rules for naming PDS member

• A member name cannot be longer than eight characters.
• The first member character must be either a letter or one of the following three special characters: #, @, $.
• The remaining seven characters can be letters, numbers, or one of the following special characters: #, @, or $.
• A PDS member name cannot contain a hyphen (-).
• A PDS member name cannot contain accented characters (à, é, è, and so on).