Examples of using ALERT PRI and DLY keywords

The following section lists some additional information about using the imbedded version of the PRI keyword.

• When you use the imbedded PRI keyword, you must use the one character abbreviation as follows:
  • N: Normal priority
  • H: High priority
  • T: Hot priority
  • F: First priority
  • S: Single priority

  • X: XSingle priority

    Do not use the full word: NORMAL, HIGH, HOT, FIRST, SINGLE or XSINGLE.

• You must specify the embedded PRI keyword before the EXEC name and any additional parameters.
• You cannot use the imbedded PRI keyword with the ESCCMD keyword when the ESCCMD keyword 'type' specifies a BBI, CICS, IMS, IMP, MVS, MQ, or NV command.
• You can use the imbedded PRI keyword with the ESCCMD keyword when the ESCCMD keyword 'type' specifies 'EXEC'.

For information about using the PRI keyword with EXECs, refer to AOEXEC-SELECT.

You can also use the DELAY|DLY keyword as an imbedded keyword with the EXEC, ESCCMD, and ESCEXEC keywords. To delay the action after the EXEC runs, specify a value with DELAY between 0 and 99,999 seconds.

• You must specify the imbedded DELAY keyword before the EXEC name or a command
• You cannot use the imbedded DELAY keyword with the ESCCMD keyword when the ESCCMD keyword 'type' specifies a BBI, CICS, IMS, IMP, MVS, MQ, or NV command.

The following examples show the use of the PRI and DLY keywords with ESCCMD.

Example 1

This example shows three correct uses of the PRI and DLY keywords.

Example 2

This example shows an example of using two colons to separate multiple EXEC names.

Example 3

In this example, PRI is not a valid keyword when commands are specified

Example 4