Commands

Formatted (Global) Commands: JES3 supports most global (formatted) commands for input. The ROUTE command is ignored. These commands never originate at a JES3 node. Formatted commands are translated into equivalent JES3 commands if such exist.
NMR Command Length Restriction: A command sent to JES3 is placed into a buffer and inserted into the system with a JES3 INTERCOM macro. The INTERCOM buffer can be a maximum of 80 bytes. In addition, certain keywords are added to the commands, with the result that commands greater than 59 bytes long are rejected. To prevent needless command rejection, JES3 removes any trailing blanks from the command to reduce the length prior to checking for the 59-byte limitation.