prctctrl {-e | -s}[-i checking-interval] [-c checking-count]

The prctctrl command stops or restarts the prctee process. The prctee process is a resident process that redirects OpenTP1 to standard output or standard error output. The prctee process runs with the options defined in $DCDIR/bin/prcout.

When the prctee process is stopped or restarted, whether it has stopped or has restarted is checked the number of times specified in the -c option at the checking interval specified in the -i option. If no stop or restart is confirmed following the specified checking operations, the message KFCA00773-E (Cause: TIME_OUT) is output and checking is terminated.

For details about the prctee process, see prctee in this chapter.

-e

Stops the prctee process.

-s

Restarts the prctee process.

-i: checking-interval ~<unsigned integer>((1-60))<<1>> (unit: seconds)

Specifies the interval for checking whether the prctee process has stopped or restarted.

-c: checking-count ~<unsigned integer>((1-60))<<10>>

Specifies the number of times that checking whether the prctee process has stopped or restarted is performed.

• Only a superuser can execute the prctctrl command. To use this command, the DCDIR and DCCONFPATH environment variables must be specified.
• You can execute this command during an online session to stop the prctee process, but the messages that are output while the prctee process is stopped will be erased. Therefore, you should execute this command at a time when messages are not being output frequently.
• If one of the operations listed below is executed after the prctctrl command is used to stop the prctee process, the prctee process will restart:
  
  • Startup of OpenTP1
  • Termination of OpenTP1
  • dcsetup command
  • dcreset command
• If the prctctrl command is executed with the -s option specified, in an environment in which the dcsetup command with the -d option specified has been executed (either the -n option is specified or n is specified for the inquiry), the KFCA00773-E error message (Cause: TIME_OUT) will be output after the amount of time equal to checking-interval x checking-count has elapsed.