Suprtool Commands
An edit mask is limited to 32 characters in total for both numeric and byte type fields. If data overflows the edit-mask, by default Suprtool will fill that field with asterisks. To have Suprtool stop when it encounters an overflow when applying the edit-mask, just turn on editstoperror:
>set editstoperror on
This will force Suprtool to stop if there is data left over to place when applying the edit-mask. With numeric-type fields, leading zeroes do not cause overflow. With byte-type fields, spaces do not cause overflow.
Eofread
SET EOFREAD ON | OFF
(Initially: OFF)
Suprtool's Get command reads to the highwater mark for detail datasets, and to the capacity of the dataset for master datasets.
Set Eofread On forces Suprtool to read to the capacity for both master and detail datasets.
If Set Eofread is used, it must be specified before the Get command. Hint: Use
HowMessy to see the highwater mark of your detail datasets.
FastRead
SET FASTREAD [ ON | OFF ]
This command has no effect on Suprtool for MPE.
Filecode
SET FILECODE [ number ]
(Initially: 0; Default: no change)
When Suprtool writes to an old file (Output,Append and Output,Erase are the only cases), it leaves the filecode of the output file unchanged. When Suprtool creates a
new file with the Output,Ask or Output,Query option, it gives the file a special filecode (1071 and 1084 respectively). When the input file has a nonzero filecode,
Suprtool carries that filecode over to the new output file. See "Output Command
[O]" on page 229 for details on Output options such as Ask, Erase, and Query. To convert a self-describing file into a non-SD file, see "Suprtool and Self-Describing
Files" on page 69.
In all other cases, new files created by Suprtool have a default filecode of zero. You can specify an alternate default filecode using Set Filecode.
Specifying Set Filecode forces Suprtool to create the output file with a specific filecode whenever it was going to use zero. To be effective, this Set command should be added to the Suprmgr file. To configure Suprtool to use the filecode 222 on output files, you would add this line to your Suprmgr file: set filecode 222
This feature is useful for MPEX users who wish to manage Suprtool output files. For example, to find all of the Suprtool output files you would do the following:
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