SRM Console Commands
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7.4 SRM Console Environment Variables
Console environment variables allow the user to modify the way
the console commands operate.
An environment variable is a name and value association maintained by the console
program. The value associated with an environment variable is an ASCII string (up to
127 characters in length) or an integer. Some environment variables can be set to tailor
the recovery behavior of the system on power-up and, for OpenVMS and DIGITAL
UNIX systems, after system failures.
Volatile environment variables are initialized to their default by a system reset.
Nonvolatile environment variables stay set across system failures.
Environment variables can be created, modified, displayed, and deleted using the SRM
commands create, set, show, and clear. A default value is associated with any
variable that is stored in the EEPROM area.
Table 7-3 lists the predefined console environment variables, their attributes, and their
functions.
