Use DEFINE to equate a symbolic name to a value. Once the
assignment has been performed, you can specify the symbolic name
in place of the value it denotes for the duration of the PATCH
session.
When you use the DEFINE command to create symbolic names, PATCH
always searches the symbol table for these symbolic names first
when it translates a symbol into a value. More than one symbolic
name can be assigned to a single value.
You can redefine a symbolic name to represent a new value.
Two restrictions apply to the use of the DEFINE command:
o You cannot equate a symbolic name to a pathname
o You cannot specify the /ASCII mode qualifier,
nor can you set the ASCII mode, when equating a
symbol name to a value
Format:
DEFINE symbol-name = value [,symbol-name = value,...]
Prompts:
NAM> symbol-name
VAL> value
If you enter the symbol name on the initial command line, you must
also enter the value on that line.
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