Writes the contents of the work area to memory, to disk, or to a file, depending on the destination that you specify. Format PARAMETERS WRITE destination
1 – Parameter
destination The destination of a new parameter file can be any of the following ones: ACTIVE Write parameters to memory. Using the ACTIVE parameter requires CMKRNL privilege. CURRENT Write parameters to the system parameters file, which contains the current parameters on disk. Using the current parameter requires write (W) access to the system parameters file. o On Alpha systems, the file that contains current parameters is SYS$SYSTEM:ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR. o On Integrity servers, the file that contains current parameters is SYS$SYSTEM:IA64VMSSYS.PAR. filespec Write parameters to a file. The default file type is .PAR and you need write access to the file.
2 – Description
The PARAMETERS WRITE command writes the system parameter values and the name of the site-independent startup command procedure from the work area to the active system in memory, the current system parameter file on disk, or your choice of a parameter file. You can write only dynamic parameter values to the active system. Both the PARAMETERS WRITE ACTIVE and PARAMETERS WRITE CURRENT commands send a message to OPCOM to record the event.
3 – Examples
1.SYSMAN> PARAMETERS WRITE SYS$SYSTEM:SPECIAL This command creates a new parameter specification file. 2.SYSMAN> PARAMETERS WRITE CURRENT This command modifies the current system parameter file on disk (SYS$SYSTEM:ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR).