Command Files

Commands files are just files containing SNOMAN commands! You tell SNOMAN to read a command file by typing:-

@file_name

Command files can be nested several levels deep, that is to say, one command file can contain an @file_name which will cause SNOMAN to suspend reading the current command file while it reads the new one.

SNOMAN comes complete with a set of command files. You may have already played with the RUN_*.CMD, but there are a number of others. For example GEOM_AIR_FILL.CMD switches to air fill. Look at all the .CMD files to see what other ``shrink-wrap'' changes are provided (a "full" list is held in Companion/Coding/SNOMAN Command Files). For an air fill run your command file might now look like this:-

$event_limit 200
titles my_job
@geom_air_fill
@run