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Procedure documentation Executing External Commands  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Procedure

To call an external command:

Choose CCMS, Jobs ® External Commands.

Alternatively, call Transaction SM49.

The system displays the Operating system commands dialog box, which lists all of the commands that are defined in the system.

To execute a command:

Select the line containing the command and choose Execute.

The command is then displayed along with its parameters. Before you execute the command from here, you can specify additional parameters (if this is allowed) as well as the name of a target computer. The default entry for target computer is the name of the application server ( SY-HOST ).

You can currently only execute commands synchronously in dialog mode.

To maintain an external command

You can also maintain commands from this window.

Choose Display ® Change.

However, you may not execute changed commands until their changes have been saved.

 

See also:

What Information is Displayed?

Additional Parameters

Maintaining External Commands