Prepare a command file

The WindowMaker command file is a text file. Commands are read from the file and then actions are taken against the InTouch application data set.

The command file uses the single-byte ANSI character set. You cannot use MultiByte Character Set (MBCS) or Unicode characters.

Specifics of the text file syntax are:

• The 8-bit ANSI character set is used, but only characters under 127 are allowed. Most control characters are stripped out.

• Lines that begin with the # character are treated as comments.

• Blank lines are ignored.

• Lines are terminated with a carriage return line feed (CRLF) sequence.

• Spaces can occur at the beginning of a line, at the end of a line, between the commands, the equal character, and its argument.

• For any arguments requiring quotation marks, spaces are not allowed between the quotation marks and other text.

• All leading and trailing white space is removed before each line is processed.

• Each command starts with a period.

• Each command file must start with the WindowMaker command-file command (.WINDOMAKERCOMMANDFILE).

A command file can contain multiple commands. If a command fails, the command processor continues with the next command in the file.