1 02/27/85 sc_command
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 3 Syntax as a command:  sc_command initializer_command {arguments}
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 6 Function:  allows initializer commands to be executed from admin mode.
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 9 Notes:  This command is used in exec_coms such as system_start_up.ec
10 and admin.ec, and in some uses of the send_admin_command (sac) command.
11 In these cases, the initializer process is executing in admin mode (see
12 the admin command earlier in this section) and expects normal Multics
13 commands.  Any initializer commands to be executed in these cases must
14 be executed by using sc_command.
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16 However, because sc_command is executed from within admin mode (whether
17 typed by the user or sent via the sac command), the initializer_command
18 argument cannot be a command that re-enters admin mode (for example,
19 the exec ["x"] command).  In order to accomplish this, the x command
20 can be replaced by "ec admin {args}".
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23 Administrators should avoid using the sac command to send initializer
24 commands that ask questions, because the questions will be asked on the
25 bootload console.  Use of the answer command solves this problem for
26 Multics commands sent via sac, but the answer command cannot be used to
27 supply answers to initializer commands, since most initializer commands
28 ask their question using a different interface from normal Multics
29 commands.