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Command Definitions C-E
CONSOLE
Use
This command may be issued from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. Pressing Break
has no effect on this command. It may be used by any user to determine the location of the
console. To change the location of the console, this command must be issued from the
console itself, unless distributed to users with the ALLOW command, or the user must have
system manager (SM) capability.
Examples
To determine the current location of the system console, enter:
CONSOLE
CONSOLE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO LDEV 20
To transfer the console to the terminal identified by MPE/iX as logical device 31, enter:
CONSOLE 31
CONSOLE HAS BEEN SWITCHED FROM LDEV 20 TO LDEV 31