System Values
Retrieving system values
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A system value contains control information for the operation of certain parts of the system
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QDATE and QTIME are the date and time system values which you set when OS/400 is started
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The RTNVAR parameter specifies the name of the variable in the CL program that is to receive the value of the system value
Example:
PGM
DCL &TIME *CHAR 6
RTVSYSVAL QTIME &TIME
ENDPGM
Retrieve Commands
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RTVCFGSRC – Using Retrieve configuration source command, you can generate CL command source for creating existing configuration objects and place the source in a source file member
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RTVCFGSTS – Using Retrieve configuration status, you can give applications the capability to retrieve configuration status from three configuration objects namely line, controller and device
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RTVNETA – Using Retrieve attributes command, you can retrieve the network attributes of the system
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RTVJOBA – When an interactive program is submitted in batch in a CL program, Retrieve job attributes command retrieves a lot of job attributes like job number, job name, user, job date etc…
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RTVOBJD – Using Retrieve object description, you can retrieve the description of a specific object in your CL program
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RTVUSRPRF – Using Retrieve user profile command, you can retrieve the attributes of a user profile and place the values in CL variables to control the application.
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RTVMBRD – Using Retrieve member description command, you can retrieve the description of a specific member