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This topic lists the platform-independent application (APP) commands that enable you to control the application environment.
Click any command in the following charts to access detailed information, including the required syntax.
Search Path Management Commands
Command |
Description |
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Sets or resets the application search path. | |
Temporarily adds application names to the beginning of an existing APP PATH search path. | |
Temporarily adds application names to the end of an existing APP PATH search path. | |
Defines a virtual application that points to a physical location outside of the approot structure. This command makes the virtual application available for addition to the search path. It does not automatically add it to the APP PATH. | |
Lists all the currently active applications in the search path. |
Application Management Commands
Command |
Description |
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Creates an application under the approot location. | |
Deletes an application. | |
Renames an application. |
File Management Commands
Command |
Description |
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Copies the contents of one application to a second application. | |
*Copies a single component from one application to another. | |
*Moves a single component from one application to another. | |
*Renames a single component in an application. | |
*Deletes a single component of an application. |
* The shortened form of the APP commands is used in the remainder of this document.
Output Redirection Commands
Command |
Description |
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Controls where output files are created for any write process in the application, unless an APP FI command has been used to allocate data files. | |
Designates an application as the location for temporary data files created with the HOLD command. | |
Designates an application as the location for temporary Master and Access Files created with the HOLD command. | |
*Provides a platform-independent mechanism for allocating data files. |
* The shortened form of the APP commands is used in the remainder of this document.
Report and Help Commands
Command |
Description |
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Displays a list of APP commands with a brief description of each. | |
APP LIST app [HOLD] |
Lists the applications under approot. If the HOLD option is used, it lists the applications under approot and writes the output to a temporary file called focappl.ftm, which you can then use in a report request. |
APP QUERY app [HOLD] |
Lists all files in the application. If the HOLD options is used, it lists all files in the application and writes the output to a temporary file called focappq.ftm, which you can then use in a report request. |
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