DBINSTAL

System Commands

System commands are executable from within DBINSTAL by preceding them with one of the following characters:

! (exclamation point) executes the command as typed

: (colon) upshifts the command before executing

$ (dollar sign) upshifts the command before executing

Syntax:

{! | : | $} command_string

For example, on the UNIX operating system:

Entering !ls at the DBINSTAL Cmd: prompt would list the files in the current directory.
Entering $ls would return a command not found error, because DBINSTAL would upshift the command before passing it to the shell.

System Commands

sun3> [/users/test]$ dbinstal orders.env

OMNIDEX DBInstal, Release 3.7.0 Fri Nov 30 2001 13:04:52
(c) Copyright 1981-1998 Dynamic Information Systems Corporation

Cmd: !ls
orders.env orders.in orders.src

Cmd: :ls
sh: LS: not found

Cmd: $ls
sh: LS: not found