REPLY - UWTO configuration option

Owned by Stonebranch (Deactivated)
Feb 06, 2023

Description

The REPLY option specifies the type of message to be issued by Universal WTO:

  • WTO (do not request message reply)
  • WTOR (request and wait for message reply)

For a WTOR message, the length of time to wait for a reply can be limited with the TIMEOUT option. The maximum reply length is 119 characters. The reply is written to Universal WTO's standard output file.

Note

A valid operator reply to a WTOR message can be zero characters. In this case, nothing is written to standard output.

Usage

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

n/a






Command Line, Long Form

-reply option





(tick)

Environment Variable

UWTREPLY=option





(tick)

Values

option specifies the type of message to be issued.

Valid values for option are:

  • no
    Issue a WTO message.
  • yes
    Issues a WTOR message.

Default is no.