Macro

The macro command runs a series of commands that you specify in a macro file.

By including the macro command within a macro file, you can nest as many as 10 levels of commands.

Comment lines are not supported within the macro file that you specify for the macro command.

Supported Clients

This command is valid for all clients.

Syntax


>>-MAcro-- --macroname-----------------------------------------><

Parameters

macroname: Specifies the fully qualified name of the file that contains the commands.

Examples

The following is an example of how to use the macro command.

Task

Selectively back up files in the following directories:

c:\devel\project\proja
c:\devel\project\projb
c:\devel\project\projc
/devel/project/proja
/devel/project/projb
/devel/project/projc

AIX operating systems HP-UX operating systems Linux operating systems Oracle Solaris operating systems Mac OS X operating systems Windows operating systems Command: macro backabc.mac

Where backabc.mac contains the following statements: AIX operating systems

 Selective /devel/project/proja/
 Selective /devel/project/projb/
 Selective /devel/project/projc/

 selective c:\devel\project\proja\*.*
 selective c:\devel\project\projb\*.*
 selective c:\devel\project\projc\*.*