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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 the Platform API
To run the server using a Platform API, as part of an argument to the RunMap() function, specify:

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.
  - 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 the Platform API

To run the server using a Platform API, as part of an argument to the RunMap() function, specify:


map [exec_command...]|@command_file

Option: Description
map: Specify 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: Specify any execution command and its associated options you want to override the settings compiled into the map file when the specified map is run.
command_file: Specify 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.