From PS 2002Apr01 ------------------- How to invoke the mc shell in order to change shmem variables ------------------------------------------------------------- login as iota on iota17 You must go to iotamc and type source SOURCEME Then go to lmt/mc directory and type mc_jshell jni for access to the shared memory used by the system. When you get the command prompt (be patient) type ? or help to see a list of commands. There will first be a list of all the objects that are available, then a list of some useful aliases for these things that make more sense. Most of the object names correspond well to things that you know about in the system. just typing the name of the object will give a list of all the shared memory data ... except for data that are in arrays. you can also retrieve this data with get cmdname. values may be set by entering the command name followed by the keyword/value pair you wish to set. e.g. widget -command on This is just scratching the surface obviously......