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