START command: Making a file or group available
Summary
- Privileges
- System administrator
- Function
- Makes available file or group
Syntax
START {FILE | [PERM] GROUP} name [AT location]
Where: name is the name of a file or a group.
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location
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For Parallel Query Option/204 files, is the symbolic name (as many as eight characters) that refers to the location of the node on which the remote file resides. An unquoted equal sign (=) specifies that the file is local.
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If remote, must match a symbolic destination name specified in the DESTINATION parameter of the relevant local client DEFINE PROCESS command.
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Usage notes
The START command allows the system administrator to specify that a file or permanent group is once again available to users. The command removes, at both the system and subsystem levels, the OPEN restrictions set by a STOP command. See STOP: Making a file or group unavailable.