Argument

 

entity_desc

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor
   Character string containing the label (or name if no label is
   defined) of the entity. The entity_desc argument is the address
   of a string descriptor that points to an entity that may appear
   on a command line. An entity can be expressed as one of the
   following:

   o  A parameter, qualifier, or keyword name or label

   o  A keyword path

   A keyword path is used to reference keywords that are accepted
   by parameters, qualifiers, or other keywords. A keyword path
   contains a list of entity names separated by periods. See the
   description of the entity_desc argument in the CLI$GET_VALUE
   routine for more information about specifying keyword paths as
   arguments for CLI routines.

   The entity_desc argument can contain parameter, qualifier, or
   keyword names, or can contain labels that were assigned with
   the LABEL clause in the command definition file. If the LABEL
   clause was used to assign a label to a qualifier, parameter, or
   keyword, you must specify the label in the entity_desc argument.
   Otherwise, you must use the actual name of the qualifier,
   parameter, or keyword.

   If the entity_desc argument does not exist in the command table,
   CLI$PRESENT signals a syntax error (by means of the signaling
   mechanism described in the VSI OpenVMS Programming Concepts
   Manual).