Description

The HANDLER_TYPE option provides UEM with information that it needs when building a command string in order to execute a process for the event handler.

Usage

Specification Method	Parameter / Value	IBM i	HP NonStop	UNIX	Windows	z/OS
Command Line, Short Form	n/a
Command Line, Long Form	-handler_type type
Definition File Keyword	handler_type type

Values

type is the type of information provided to UEM.

Valid values for type are:

• cmd
  Instructs UEM to execute the command stored in the USER_COMMAND field of the event handler record.
• script
  Instructs UEM to write a set of stored script statements to a temporary file, and then execute that file as a script. These script statements can be provided instream from a definition load file using a begin_/end_script block. The statements also can be imported from a local file, using the USER_SCRIPT option.

Default

If a type is not specified, the default is:

• cmd, if a USER_COMMAND is specified.
• script, if a USER_SCRIPT is specified.