Starting Compare and Synchronization Monitor from the Command Line

To start Compare and Synchronization Monitor from the command line, from the application command prompt, enter the following command:

MFMONMX [options]

where options is any combination of the following options:

/AUTOLOGON

specifies that the Compare and Synchronization Monitor Utility is to call the MFDASPWD user exit. See the section Providing Your Own Security Exit to The Command Line Interface for more information on MFDASPWD.

/CFGFILE=filename

specifies the file (including a path) that contains configuration information to be used by Compare and Synchronization Monitor. If you do not specify this option, Compare and Synchronization Monitor looks for a file called mfmon.cfg first in the current directory, then in the directory containing mfmonmx.exe.

/DATFILE=filename

specifies the name (including full path) of the database.

/ERRFILE=filename

specifies the name (including full path) to use for the error message output file. The default name of this file is MFMON.ERR.

/LOGFILE=filename

specifies the name (including path) to use for the output log file. The default name of this file is MFMON.LOG.

/NOGUI

specifies that Compare and Synchronization Monitor is to run without displaying its graphical interface. If you use this option, you will need to use your operating system's Task Manager to close Compare and Synchronization Monitor.

/NOPROCESS

specifies that Compare and Synchronization Monitor will not try to access the mainframe when started. This enables you to change configuration options when you do not have a mainframe connection.

/PASS=password

specifies the mainframe password to use. Specifying the password and user ID from the command line means you will not be prompted for this information when Compare and Synchronization Monitor starts.

/RULEFILE=filename

specifies the file (including a path) that contains filtering information to be used by Compare and Synchronization Monitor. If you do not specify this option, Compare and Synchronization Monitor looks for a file called monrule.ini first in the current directory, then in the directory containing mfmonmx.exe.

/USER=userid

specifies the mainframe user ID to use.

d:\mfa\bin\mfmonmx [options]

Once started, the interactive configuration takes place for first time users. Subsequent configuration invocations can take place by using the Configure options pulldown.