Process messages in a specified channel.

Syntax

pmdf run channel [poll]

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
None.	None.

restrictions

On UNIX, must have superuser privileges in order to use this utility.

Parameters

channel

This parameter specifies the channel to be processed.

poll

If poll is not specified, the channel program will only attempt to run if there are actually messages for that channel waiting to be processed.

Description

The pmdf run utility processes the messages in the channel specified by the channel parameter. Output during processing will be displayed at your terminal, which will be tied up for the duration of the operation of the utility.

See also the pmdf submit and pmdf submit_master utilities, which, unlike pmdf run, will not tie up your terminal.

EXAMPLES

# pmdf run tcp_local poll
      

The above UNIX command may be used to process any messages in the tcp_local channel.

C:\> pmdf run tcp_local poll
      

The above NT command may be used to process any messages in the tcp_local channel.