Syntax rules

The following syntax rules apply to all BMC AMI Recovery Manager batch programs:

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.

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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 (--), a double slash (//), or slash asterisk (/*) starting in columns 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 the 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).