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Qualifiers

/CONFIRM
   Controls whether CMS prompts you for confirmation before each
   transaction.

   When you specify /CONFIRM and run CMS in interactive mode, CMS
   prompts you for confirmation. If you type YES, ALL, TRUE, or 1,
   CMS executes the transaction.  If you type NO, QUIT, FALSE, 0,
   or press RETURN or CTRL/Z, no action is performed. If you type 
   any other character, CMS continues to prompt until you type an 
   acceptable response.

   CMS does not prompt for confirmation in batch mode.

/GENERATION[=generation-expression]
   Specifies a particular generation of the element that is to be
   retrieved. If you omit /GENERATION, CMS fetches the most recent
   generation on the main line of descent.

/HISTORY="string"
   Specifies that history is to be included in the retrieved file.
   The quoted string specifies the format of the history. The quoted
   string must contain the characters #H or #B (lowercase is allowed)
   and can contain other printing characters. To include a quotation
   mark in the output history string, type it twice (""). To include
   a number sign (#) in the output history string, type it twice
   (##).

/NOHISTORY
   Prevents CMS from appending the element history to the file. If
   you omit /NOHISTORY, and the retrieved element has the history
   attribute, the element history is included in the file when it is
   delivered to your current default directory. An element has the
   history attribute if you specified the /HISTORY qualifier on the
   CREATE ELEMENT or MODIFY ELEMENT command.

/LOG (D)
   Controls whether CMS displays success and informational messages
   on the default output device. By default, if the command executes
   successfully, CMS displays a success message. If you specify
   /NOLOG, success and informational messages are suppressed. Any
   warning, error, or fatal error messages are displayed regardless
   of whether /LOG or /NOLOG is specified.

/MERGE=generation-expression
   Controls whether another generation of the element (called the
   merge generation) is to be merged with the generation that is
   being fetched (called the retrieved generation).

   When you specify the /MERGE qualifier, CMS merges the lines of
   the two generations and delivers a single copy to your default
   directory. The file that is placed in your directory has the
   current creation and revision times. The merge generation cannot
   be on the same line of descent as the retrieved generation. When
   there is a conflict between blocks of one or more lines, CMS
   includes the conflicting lines and flags the conflict.

/NOTES="string"
   Temporarily establishes the notes attribute for the element,
   regardless of whether the element previously had the notes
   attribute enabled. If neither the /NOTES or /NONOTES qualifier is
   specified for an element, but the element has the notes attribute
   enabled, notes are appended to the lines of the file when it is
   retrieved by the FETCH or RESERVE command.

   The quoted string specifies the format of the note. The quoted
   string can contain text or the characters #G (or #g), or both.
   If you specify /NOTES for an element that does not have the notes
   attribute enabled, then you must also specify /POSITION.

/NONOTES
   Specifies that notes are not to be embedded in the output file.
   If you omit /NONOTES, and the retrieved element has the notes
   attribute, CMS embeds notes in the output file. An element has
   the notes attribute if you specified the /NOTES qualifier on the
   CREATE ELEMENT or MODIFY ELEMENT command.

/OCCLUDE[=option,...]
   Controls whether CMS selects the first instance of the specified
   object, or all instances of the specified object in the library
   search list. The options field contains one or more keywords
   associated with the name of the object. The options field can
   contain the following keywords:

      ALL--equivalent to (ELEMENT, GROUP, CLASS)
      ELEMENT (D)
      NOELEMENT
      GROUP (D)
      NOGROUP
      CLASS (D)
      NOCLASS
      NONE--equivalent to (NOELEMENT, NOGROUP, NOCLASS)

   You can specify either ALL or NONE, or any combination of the
   [NO]ELEMENT, [NO]GROUP, and [NO]CLASS keywords.

   By default, CMS performs occlusion for all objects; that is, CMS
   selects only the first occurrence of a specified object.

/OUTPUT[=file-specification]
   Directs CMS to write output to the specified file. If you omit the
   /OUTPUT qualifier (or if you specify /OUTPUT but do not provide a
   file specification), CMS creates a file with the same name as the
   element.

   If you fetch more than one element (by specifying wildcards or a
   group name for the element expression parameter), and you do not
   specify wildcards in the output file specification, CMS creates
   successive versions of the file indicated by /OUTPUT.

/NOOUTPUT
   Specifies that the fetch operation is to be performed along with
   any history processing and error checking, but that no output file
   is to be created. By default, an output file with the same name as
   the element is created.

/POSITION=column-number
   Specifies the column in which the note is to be placed. The column
   number is required and must be an integer in the range 1 to 511.
   The notes attribute or the /NOTES qualifier is required with the
   /POSITION qualifier.

   If the length of the line is less than the specified column
   number, the note appears at the column number. If the length of
   the line is greater than or equal to the column number, the note
   is placed at the next tab stop after the end of the line. (Tab
   stops are at position 9 and every 8 characters thereafter.)