Numerous Oracle RMU command operations accept lists of names as values for certain qualifiers, such as the Areas= or Lareas= qualifiers. The command syntax can easily exceed the maximum length of 1024 characters accepted by DCL. To overcome the problem of syntax that is too long, you can include the names in an indirect command file and specify the indirect command file following the qualifier. Throughout this manual, this is commonly referred to as using an indirect file reference. Note that indirect command files can be nested to any depth. Each indirect command file (default file extension .opt) contains a list of names with one name per line. A comment, preceded by an exclamation point, can be appended to a name, or it can be inserted between lines. A reference to an indirect command file in the list must be preceded by an at sign (@) and enclosed in quotation marks (""). For example: "@EMPIDS". The following example shows the contents of an indirect command file called empids.opt. It lists the EMPIDS_LOW, EMPIDS_MID, and EMPIDS_OVER storage areas. The last line in the example shows how you would reference the indirect command file in an Oracle RMU command line with the required quotation marks. $ TYPE EMPIDS.OPT EMPIDS_LOW ! Employee Areas EMPIDS_MID EMPIDS_OVER $ RMU/ANALYZE/AREA="@EMPIDS" MF_PERSONNEL ! ANALYZE EMPLOYEE AREAS