Command: unload

Syntax

unload <atable> { ,<file> }

Description

To dump the contents of an application identifier table to file.

Parameters

• <atable>
  The identifier table identifier name.

• <file>
  File to be created. The default extension is .ata. If <file> is omitted, the name <atable>.ata is used.

Switches

None

Notes

It is not permitted to dump a global or local atable.

Identifier table contents can be block-retrieved by the atable command.

When atables are to be shared among different applications it is advised to set their access rights before they are dumped to file. It cannot be done later. See the example below.

Examples

Dump the current local identifier table.

unload local,mytab.ata

Dump an application identifier table (as ductwork.ata). The access rights are set to give read (i.e. member list) access from other applications.

ductwork.access = 'g:r,w:r'
unload ductwork

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