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Command Definitions SP-Z
STARTSESS
ciparm The command interpreter parameter number you wish to use. If you are
using the MPE/iX command interpreter, the numbers accepted are:
0, 2, 4 Logon UDCs are executed and the CI banner and the
WELCOME message are displayed. Default.
1, 3, 5 Same as 0, but the CI terminates after processing the
info= string.
-1 UDCs are not cataloged. The CI banner and the
WELCOME message are not displayed. Invoking this level
requires system manager (SM) capability.
-2 Same as -1, but the CI terminates after processing the
info= command. Invoking this level requires system
manager (SM) capability.
Any other value is treated as zero (0). The MPE/iX CI distinguishes
between a ciparm 1, 3, 5 and 0, 2, 4 when it is run from within the CI, that
is, after the session has logged on.
If a user without SM capability uses -1 or -2, the system substitutes a
parameter value of 0. An error message is not produced.
Operation Notes
This command is used to create a session at any terminal on the system. The effect is the
same as if a user had logged on at the target terminal.
STARTSESS prompts for any necessary passwords that are not supplied in the command
syntax if:
• STARTSESS is invoked from a session.
• Neither $STDIN nor $STDLIST is redirected.
• STARTSESS is a first level command (it is not nested within any second level command,
such as JOB).
NOTE The target terminal must be turned on and available, and no other user may
be logged on.
No speed sensing is done for the target terminal, so it must be set at the
configured baud rate.
When a session is started on the designated terminal, by default it waits for a
Return before printing to the terminal, unless NOWAIT is specified.
Use
This command is available from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. Pressing Break has
no effect on this command. Programmatic sessions (PS) capability is required to use this
command.
