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ABORT Command
DSNM Commands
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error-modifier
determines how much information is reported when the command is correct but
the objects against which the command is being executed produce errors. The
error modifier does not affect the command response for errors that result when a
command is entered incorrectly or when a name cannot be resolved.
ERROR-BRIEF returns a one-line response for each object producing an
error; the response identifies the object and briefly describes
the error.
ERROR-DETAIL returns the same information as ERROR-BRIEF, along with
additional details about the errors. If additional information
is not available, ERROR-BRIEF and ERROR-DETAIL result
in the same response.
ERROR-SUPPRESS suppresses any response from objects that produce errors.
This option is normally used when it is known in advance
that objects will produce errors and the response is not
desired.
If you do not specify a value for the error modifier, it defaults to ERROR-BRIEF.
state-modifier
restricts the scope of the command to a subset of the specified objects, depending
on their states:
UP restricts the command to the specified objects that are up.
NOT-UP restricts the command to the specified objects that are either
down or pending.
DOWN restricts the command to the specified objects that are down.
NOT-DOWN restricts the command to the specified objects that are either
up or pending.
If you do not specify a value for the state modifier, DSNM applies the command to
all objects that match your object specification, regardless of their states. For
detailed information on the state modifier, see Section 4, “Modifiers.”
Considerations Since the purpose of the ABORT command is to bring objects into the DOWN state,
the command has no effect on objects that are already in the DOWN state.
Because subsystems generally must abort objects in a predetermined order, the ONLY
hierarchy modifier is ineffective with certain object types if their subordinate objects
are still up; that is, aborting certain object types forces their subordinates to be aborted
also.
The ABORT command is not appropriate for all object types; see Section 5,
“Subsystems,” for details.