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Execution commands
This documentation includes information about the various ways to use execution commands and their options when executing maps. Execution commands are used to specify how to execute a map.
Using Command Server commands
When you run a map, you can:
From a command line
You can execute a particular map or a command file containing a list of maps to execute from the command line of the system hosting your Command Server.

Execution commands
This documentation includes information about the various ways to use execution commands and their options when executing maps. Execution commands are used to specify how to execute a map.
- Command Server overview
  Use execution commands to override the map settings or card settings in a compiled map when a map is run using one of the following methods:
- Using Command Server commands
  When you run a map, you can:
  - General rules for execution commands
  - From a command line
    You can execute a particular map or a command file containing a list of maps to execute from the command line of the system hosting your Command Server.
    - Command line help
      You can access Help from the command line by typing:
  - From the Platform API
    To run the server using a Platform API, as part of an argument to the RunMap() function, specify:
  - From a RUN() function in a map rule
    To execute a map from a map rule, use the RUN() function as follows:
- List of execution commands
  This documentation contains information about the execution commands and associated options, including the syntax of each command and its particular usage.
- Examples
  This documentation presents a variety of examples involving the execution of maps using various execution commands in a RUN() function and from the command line in UNIX™ and Windows™ environments.
- INI commands for debugging maps
  This documentation presents the dtx.ini (INI) file commands you can use for the debugging of adapter connections for maps run using non event-driven execution methods.

From a command line

You can execute a particular map or a command file containing a list of maps to execute from the command line of the system hosting your Command Server.

The syntax is:


DTXCMDSV {map [exec_command...]|@command_file}...

Ensure your current directory is where the Command Server is located, or specify the relative path or full path, as applicable, when entering the command.

Option: Description
DTXCMDSV: Specifies the name of the Command Server execution command for both UNIX™ and Windows™ platforms.
map: Specifies the name of the compiled map (.mmc) file to run. If applicable, include the full path or a relative path to the directory that contains the map file.
exec_command: Specifies any execution command and its associated options that you want to use to override the settings compiled into the map file when the specified map is run.
command_file: Specifies the name of a command file that contains a list of maps to execute. If applicable, include the full path or a relative path to the directory that contains the command file.