@menu
* ADD DOCUMENT:: Add documentary text to the active file.
+* CACHE:: Ignored for compatibility.
* CD:: Change the current directory.
* COMMENT:: Document your syntax file.
* DOCUMENT:: Document the active file.
* INCLUDE:: Include a file within the current one.
* INSERT:: Insert a file within the current one.
* PERMISSIONS:: Change permissions on a file.
+* PRESERVE and RESTORE:: Saving settings and restoring them later.
* SET:: Adjust PSPP runtime parameters.
* SHOW:: Display runtime parameters.
* SUBTITLE:: Provide a document subtitle.
Each line of documentary text must be enclosed in quotation marks, and
may not be more than 80 bytes long. @xref{DOCUMENT}.
+@node CACHE
+@section CACHE
+@vindex CACHE
+
+@display
+CACHE.
+@end display
+
+This command is accepted, for compatibility, but it has no effect.
+
@node CD
@section CD
@vindex CD
@display
HOST.
+HOST COMMAND=['command'...].
@end display
@cmd{HOST} suspends the current PSPP session and temporarily returns control
to the operating system.
This command cannot be used if the SAFER setting is active.
+If the COMMAND subcommand is specified, as a sequence of shell
+commands as quoted strings within square brackets, then PSPP executes
+them together in a single subshell.
+
+If no subcommands are specified, then PSPP invokes an interactive
+subshell.
@node INCLUDE
@section INCLUDE
This command cannot be used if the SAFER setting is active.
+@node PRESERVE and RESTORE
+@section PRESERVE and RESTORE
+@vindex PRESERVE
+@vindex RESTORE
+
+@display
+PRESERVE.
+@dots{}
+RESTORE.
+@end display
+
+@cmd{PRESERVE} saves all of the settings that @cmd{SET} (@pxref{SET})
+can adjust. A later @cmd{RESTORE} command restores those settings.
+
+@cmd{PRESERVE} can be nested up to five levels deep.
+
@node SET
@section SET
@vindex SET
/RIB=@{NATIVE,MSBFIRST,LSBFIRST,VAX@}
/RRB=@{NATIVE,ISL,ISB,IDL,IDB,VF,VD,VG,ZS,ZL@}
-(program input)
- /ENDCMD='.'
- /NULLINE=@{ON,OFF@}
-
(interaction)
- /CPROMPT='cprompt_string'
- /DPROMPT='dprompt_string'
- /ERRORBREAK=@{OFF,ON@}
/MXERRS=max_errs
/MXWARNS=max_warnings
- /PROMPT='prompt'
/WORKSPACE=workspace_size
(program execution)
/WRB=@{NATIVE,ISL,ISB,IDL,IDB,VF,VD,VG,ZS,ZL@}
(output routing)
- /ECHO=@{ON,OFF@}
/ERRORS=@{ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE@}
- /INCLUDE=@{ON,OFF@}
/MESSAGES=@{ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE@}
- /PRINTBACK=@{ON,OFF@}
+ /PRINTBACK=@{ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE@}
/RESULTS=@{ON,OFF,TERMINAL,LISTING,BOTH,NONE@}
(output driver options)
/HEADERS=@{NO,YES,BLANK@}
/LENGTH=@{NONE,length_in_lines@}
- /LISTING=@{ON,OFF,'file-name'@}
/MORE=@{ON,OFF@}
/WIDTH=@{NARROW,WIDTH,n_characters@}
/BOXSTRING=@{'xxx','xxxxxxxxxxx'@}
/CASE=@{UPPER,UPLOW@}
/CPI=cpi_value
- /DISK=@{ON,OFF@}
/HIGHRES=@{ON,OFF@}
/HISTOGRAM='c'
/LOWRES=@{AUTO,ON,OFF@}
The default is NATIVE.
@end table
-Program input subcommands affect the way that programs are parsed when
-they are typed interactively or run from a command file. They are
-
-@table @asis
-@item ENDCMD
-This is a single character indicating the end of a command. The default
-is @samp{.}. Don't change this.
-
-@item NULLINE
-Whether a blank line is interpreted as ending the current command. The
-default is ON.
-@end table
-
Interaction subcommands affect the way that PSPP interacts with an
online user. The interaction subcommands are
@table @asis
-@item CPROMPT
-The command continuation prompt. The default is @samp{ > }.
-
-@item DPROMPT
-Prompt used when expecting data input within @cmd{BEGIN DATA} (@pxref{BEGIN
-DATA}). The default is @samp{data> }.
-
-@item ERRORBREAK
-Whether an error causes PSPP to stop processing the current command
-file after finishing the current command. The default is OFF.
-
@item MXERRS
The maximum number of errors before PSPP halts processing of the current
command file. The default is 50.
@item MXWARNS
The maximum number of warnings + errors before PSPP halts processing the
-current command file. The default is 100.
-
-@item PROMPT
-The command prompt. The default is @samp{PSPP> }.
+current command file.
+The special value of zero means that all warning situations should be ignored.
+No warnings will be issued, except a single initial warning advising the user
+that warnings will not be given.
+The default value is 100.
@end table
Program execution subcommands control the way that PSPP commands
are the same as SET RIB. The default is NATIVE.
@end table
-Output routing subcommands affect where the output of transformations
-and procedures is sent. These subcommands are
+In the PSPP text-based interface, the output routing subcommands
+affect where output is sent. The following values are allowed for
+each of these subcommands:
@table @asis
-@item ECHO
+@item OFF
+@item NONE
+Discard this kind of output.
+
+@item TERMINAL
+Write this output to the terminal, but not to listing files and other
+output devices.
+
+@item LISTING
+Write this output to listing files and other output devices, but not
+to the terminal.
-If turned on, commands are written to the listing file as they are read
-from command files. The default is OFF.
+@item ON
+@itemx BOTH
+Write this type of output to all output devices.
+@end table
+
+These output routing subcommands are:
+
+@table @asis
+@item ERRORS
+Applies to error and warning messages. The default is BOTH.
-@itemx ERRORS
-@itemx INCLUDE
@itemx MESSAGES
-@item PRINTBACK
-@item RESULTS
-Currently not used.
+Applies to notes. The default is BOTH.
+
+@itemx PRINTBACK
+Determines whether the syntax used for input is printed back as part
+of the output. The default is NONE.
+
+@itemx RESULTS
+Applies to everything not in one of the above categories, such as the
+results of statistical procedures. The default is BOTH.
@end table
+These subcommands have no effect on output in the PSPP GUI
+environment.
+
Output driver option subcommands affect output drivers' settings. These
subcommands are
@table @asis
@item HEADERS
@itemx LENGTH
-@itemx LISTING
@itemx MORE
@itemx PAGER
@itemx WIDTH
@cindex headers
@cindex length
-@cindex listing
@cindex more
@cindex pager
@cindex width
[CCE]
[COPYING]
[DECIMALS]
- [ENDCMD]
[FORMAT]
[LENGTH]
[MXERRS]
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