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Using the Arbortext Command Language
Testing and Debugging ACL Scripts
Use the source command to test ACL scripts. For example, if you have several ACL commands in a file called pubcom.acl, you can test the effect of these commands on Arbortext Editor by typing source pubcom.acl at the Arbortext Editor command line. If this file isn't in the current working directory, you will need to enter the path and file name. For example: source test/pubcom.acl
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If you are testing the contents of a command file, mapping the source command to a specific key makes it easy to repeatedly source that command file. See the map command for more info.
Running the source command actually runs all the commands in the pubcom.acl file as if you had typed them on the command line.
If the file that is sourced contains any syntax or other errors, a message appears explaining the nature of the error. This makes the source command useful for debugging ACL scripts.
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