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).