Examples:

# ====================================================

# This comment block will not be logged to the console

# ====================================================

12.2.4 * (Loud Comment)

Descriptive

* [
comment]

Diagram

Êʬ¬¬ * ¬¬¬ comment ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ÊÍ

Lines starting with '*' are treated as "loud comments". They will be logged to the console and thus are
visible when the run-commands file is executed.

Examples:

* ================================================

* This comment block will be logged to the console

* ================================================

12.3 Automating Hercules Startup

Creative use of the run-commands file can completely automate Hercules startup. The next figure shows
a sample run-commands file that does the following:

“pause 1” – Wait one second before processing the first Hercules command. (1) “cmdlevel all” – Set the current command group to ALL. This allows that all Hercules commands
can be issued. (2) “help” – Display all valid commands for the chosen command group that has been set before with
CMDLEVEL. (3) “maxrates midnight” – Set the MAXRATES reporting interval to midnight to have the MIPS and
I/O statistics issued date aligned. (4) “sh startgui "D:\MVS\TERMINALS.BAT" – Execute the named batch file in the shell to start a
couple of tn3270 sessions. See details below. (5) “pause 3” – Wait three seconds until all tn3270 sessions have been successfully connected. (6)
“ipl 0148” – Finally IPL MVS 3.8J from device address 148. (7)

# ==============================================================================

# Hercules RUN-COMMANDS (RC) File

# ==============================================================================

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Wait 1 second before issuing Hercules commands (1)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pause 1

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Set command level to 'ALL' (2)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

cmdlevel all

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Display all valid Hercules panel commands (3)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

help

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Display and reset maxrates values (4)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

maxrates midnight

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Start tn3270 sessions (5)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sh startgui "D:\MVS\TERMINALS.BAT"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Wait 3 second before IPL’ing MVS (6)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pause 3

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# IPL MVS 3.8J (7)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ipl 0148

# ==============================================================================

# (RC EOF)

# ==============================================================================

Figure 350: Run-commands (.rc) file

With the run-commands file shown above the Hercules startup is fully automated. After starting Hercules
there is no manual intervention required until MVS is up and running.

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