LOAD

LOAD <fspec> {/lock} {/unlock}

LOAD <common-module-name> /c

A-Shell supports a "user memory" concept similar to that used in AMOS, and thus the LOAD command works similarly to AMOS, except for the special switches.

Switches

Switch

Function

/L

Locks the module in memory so that it cannot be deleted, except by specifying the /unlock switch on the DEL command.

/U

Unlock is needed in order to reload (update in memory) a module that was previously locked with the /lock switch.

/C

Indicates that the specified module name is not a disk file to be loaded into user memory, but the name of a COMMON module, which is to be initialized. This distinction is necessary since COMMON modules continue to be implemented via internal memory buffers within A-Shell rather than via user memory.

/?, /H

Writes switch listing and usage info to the screen.

 

Comments

The maximum number of modules which can be loaded into user memory per job is 96.