TA-ON/TA-OFF Command

Disables and enables the type-ahead feature for the specified process; the TA-OFF command disables it and the TA-ON command enables it. By default, this feature is turned on for all processes. TA-OFF/TA-ON have been superseded by the PROTOCOL command.

Format

TA-ON [n]

TA-OFF [n]

Parameter(s)

n

Number of the process. If no process number is specified, the type-ahead feature is enabled or disabled for the current process.

Description

You must have SYS2 privileges to use this command on processes other than your own, and SYS1 privileges to affect your own process.

If type-ahead is off, the automatic flow of input allowed in the type-ahead buffer is disabled.

Disabling the Type-ahead Feature

The following example disables the type-ahead feature for process number 21:

>TA-OFF 21

Enabling the Type-ahead Feature

The following example re-enables the type-ahead feature for process number 21:

>TA-ON 21