CLOSE LINK: TPROCESS, Transfer Control link, or UL/DB2

Summary

Privileges

User 0, system administrator, system manager

Function

Disables the link specified in the link entity definition

Syntax

CLOSE LINK linkname

Where: linkname is the link specified on the DEFINE LINK command.

Usage notes

CLOSE LINK disables the link specified in the link entity definition. Processes using the link are ended and new processes are not allowed to start. All internal resources, buffers, and control blocks are released.

The CLOSE LINK command is not required at shutdown; an implicit CLOSE LINK is performed during Model 204 termination.