| Extended cursor handling | |
|---|---|
| Key | Action |
| Alt + Up arrow | Moves cursor up one row. |
| Alt + Down arrow | Moves cursor down one row. |
| Alt + Right arrow | Moves cursor right one column. |
| Alt + Left arrow | Moves cursor left one column. |
| Tab | If cursor is outside the command input area, moves cursor to the start of the input in the command input area. Otherwise behaves as described in previous table. |
| Home | If cursor is outside the command input area, moves cursor to the start of the input in the command input area. Otherwise behaves as described in previous table. |
| End | If cursor is outside the command input area, moves cursor to the end of the input in the command input area. Otherwise behaves as described in previous table. |
Panel commands
The following is what is displayed on the Hercules harware console (HMC) in response to the '?' command being entered. Please note that it may not be completely accurate or up-to-date. Please enter the '?' command for yourself for a more complete, accurate and up-to-date list of supported panel commands.
Command Description...
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? list all commands
help command specific help
* (log comment to syslog)
message display message on console a la VM
msg same as message
msgnoh same as message - no header
hst history of commands
hao Hercules Automatic Operator
log direct log output
logopt change log options
version display version information
quit terminate the emulator
exit (synonym for 'quit')
cpu define target cpu for panel display and commands
start start CPU (or printer device if argument given)
stop stop CPU (or printer device if argument given)
startall start all CPU's
stopall stop all CPU's
cf configure current CPU online or offline
cfall configure all CPU's online or offline
.reply scp command
!message scp priority messsage
ssd Signal Shutdown
ptt display pthread trace
i generate I/O attention interrupt for device
ext generate external interrupt
restart generate restart interrupt
archmode set architecture mode
loadparm set IPL parameter
ipl IPL Normal from device xxxx
iplc IPL Clear from device xxxx
sysreset Issue SYSTEM Reset manual operation
sysclear Issue SYSTEM Clear Reset manual operation
store store CPU status at absolute zero
psw display or alter program status word
gpr display or alter general purpose registers
fpr display floating point registers
fpc display floating point control register
cr display or alter control registers
ar display access registers
pr display prefix register
timerint display or set timers update interval
clocks display tod clkc and cpu timer
ipending display pending interrupts
ds display subchannel
r display or alter real storage
v display or alter virtual storage
u disassemble storage
devtmax display or set max device threads
k display cckd internal trace
attach configure device
detach remove device
define rename device
devinit reinitialize device
devlist list device or all devices
qd query dasd
automount show/update allowable tape automount directories
scsimount automatic SCSI tape mounts
cd change directory
pwd print working directory
sh shell command
cache cache command
cckd cckd command
shrd shrd command
conkpalv display/alter console TCP keep-alive settings
quiet toggle automatic refresh of panel display data
t instruction trace
t+ instruction trace on
t- instruction trace off
t? instruction trace query
s instruction stepping
s+ instruction stepping on
s- instruction stepping off
s? instruction stepping query
b set breakpoint
b+ set breakpoint
b- delete breakpoint
g turn off instruction stepping and start CPU
ostailor trace program interrupts
pgmtrace trace program interrupts
savecore save a core image to file
loadcore load a core image file
loadtext load a text deck file
ldmod load a module
rmmod delete a module
lsmod list dynamic modules
lsdep list module dependencies
iodelay display or set I/O delay value
ctc enable/disable CTC debugging
toddrag display or set TOD clock drag factor
panrate display or set rate at which console refreshes
msghld display or set the timeout of held messages
syncio display syncio devices statistics
maxrates display maximum observed MIPS/SIOS rate for the
defined interval or define a new reporting interval
defsym Define symbol
script Run a sequence of panel commands contained in a file
cscript Cancels a running script thread
evm ECPS:VM Commands (Deprecated)
ecpsvm ECPS:VM Commands
aea Display AEA tables
aia Display AIA fields
tlb Display TLB tables
sizeof Display size of structures
suspend Suspend hercules
resume Resume hercules
herclogo Read a new hercules logo file
traceopt Instruction trace display options
cmdtgt Specify the command target
herc Hercules command
scp Send scp command
pscp Send prio message scp command
sf+dev add shadow file
sf-dev delete shadow file
sfc compress shadow files
sfk check shadow files
sfd display shadow file stats
t{+/-}dev turn CCW tracing on/off
s{+/-}dev turn CCW stepping on/off
t{+/-}CKD turn CKD_KEY tracing on/off
f{+/-}adr mark frames unusable/usable
The ipl command may also be used to perform a load from cdrom or server. For example if a standard SuSE S/390 Linux distribution CD is loaded and mounted on /cdrom for example, this cdrom may then be ipl-ed by: ipl /cdrom/suse.ins
The attach and detach commands are used to dynamically add or remove devices from the configuration, and the define command can be used to alter the device number of an existing device.
The devinit command can be used to reopen an existing device. The args (if specified) override the arguments specified in the configuration file for this device. The device type cannot be changed and must not be specified. This command can be used to rewind a tape, to mount a new tape or disk image file on an existing device, to load a new card deck into a reader, or to close and reopen a printer or punch device.
In single-step mode, pressing the enter key will advance to the next instruction.
There is also an alternate semi-graphical control panel. Press Esc to switch between the command line format and the semi-graphical format. Press ? to obtain help in either control panel.
Some commands also offer additional help information regarding their syntax, etc. Enter "help <command name>" to display this additional help information. (Note: not every command supports help)
When a command is prefixed with '-', the the command will not be redisplayed at the console. This can be used in scripts and is also used internally when commands are to be invoked without being redisplayed at the panel.
The hercules.rc (run-commands) file
Hercules also supports the ability to automatically execute panel commands upon startup via the 'run-commands' file. If the run-commands file is found to exist when Hercules starts, each line contained within it is read and interpreted as a panel command exactly as if the command were entered from the HMC system console.
The default filename for the run-commands file is "hercules.rc", but may be overridden by setting the "HERCULES_RC" environment variable to the desired filename.
Except for the 'pause' command (see paragraph further below), each command read from the run-commands file is logged to the console preceded by a '> ' (greater-than sign) character so you can easily distinguish between panel commands entered from the keyboard from those entered via the .rc file.
Lines starting with '#' are treated as "silent comments" and are thus not logged to the console. Line starting with '*' however are treated as "loud comments" and will be logged.
In addition to being able to execute any valid panel command (including the 'sh' shell command) via the run-commands file, an additional 'pause nnn' command is supported in order to introduce a brief delay before reading and processing the next line in the file. The value nnn can be any number from 1 to 999 and specifies the number of seconds to delay before reading the next line. Creative use of the run-commands file can completely automate Hercules startup.
The "Hercules Automatic Operator" (HAO) Facility
The Hercules Automatic Operator (HAO) feature is a facility that allows one to automatically issue panel commands in response to certain messages being issued.
To use the Hercules Automatic Operator facility, one first defines a "rule" consisting of a "target" and an associated "command". The "target" is just a regular expression pattern used to match against the text of the various messages that Hercules issues as it runs. Whenever a match is found, the rule "fires" and its associated command is automatically issued.
The Hercules Automatic Operator facility is only for those messages issued by Hercules to its HMC (hardware console). It cannot be used for whatever messages the guest operating system may issue to any of its terminals. It is only a Hercules automatic operator and not a "VSE", "MVS", "VM", etc, automatic operator.
Defining a Rule
To define a HAO rule, enter the command:
hao target
to define the rule's "target" match pattern (a simple regular expression), followed by the command:
hao command
to define the rule's associated panel-command.
The target pattern is a simple regular expression value as defined by whatever regular expression facility your host build platform happens to support. For Windows it must be a Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE). For other supported build platforms it might be some other supported regular expression syntax. Check your host platform's programming documentation for further details.
The associated command is whatever valid Hercules panel command you wish to issue in response to a message being issued that matches the given pattern target.
Other commands and limitations
To delete a fully or partially defined HAO rule, first use the 'hao list' command to list all of the defined (or partially defined) rules, and then use the 'hao del nnn' command to delete the specific rule identified by nnn. (All rules are assigned numbers as they are defined and are thus identified by their numeric value). Optionally, one may delete ALL defined or partially defined rules by issuing the command 'hao clear'.
The current implementation limits the total number of defined rules to 64. If you need to define more than 64 rules you will either have to build Hercules for yourself (increasing the value of the HAO_MAXRULE constant in hao.c) or else beg one of the Hercules developers to please do it for you.
Note that there is currently no way to define a command whose arguments vary based on actual message text. That is to say, there is currently no way to say
"Reply with the command 'devinit cuu filename' in response to message text 'HHCXXnnnI Device cuu intervention required.' where cuu is whatever cuu was identified in the message."
The HAO is not that sophisticated (yet). Only simple plain-text commands may be defined and issued. No automatic substitution is done based on message text (although normal 'DEFSYM' symbol substitution is supported however, as that is a normal panel-command feature supported separately from the HAO). This may possibly change in the future however, depending on user need/demand.
All defined rules are checked for a match each time Hercules issues a message. There is no way to specify "stop processing subsequent rules". If a message is issued that matches two or more rules, each associated command is then issued in sequence. Thus the advice to choose your rules' target patterns carefully very much applies here.
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Last updated $Date: 2010-03-09 09:14:00 -0600 (Tue, 09 Mar 2010) $ $Revision: 5661 $