Application Commands Overview

Reference: APP Commands Quick Reference

Click any command in the following charts to access detailed information, including the required syntax.

Search Path Management Commands

Command	Description
Search Path Management Commands	Sets or resets the application search path.
Search Path Management Commands	Temporarily adds application names to the beginning of an existing APP PATH search path.
Search Path Management Commands	Temporarily adds application names to the end of an existing APP PATH search path.
Search Path Management Commands	Defines a virtual application that points to a physical location outside of the approot structure or redirects an application to another application. This command makes the virtual or redirected application available for addition to the search path. It does not automatically add it to the APP PATH.
Search Path Management Commands	Indicates whether corresponding Master and Access files must be in the same application directory.
Search Path Management Commands	Retrieves the value of APP SET METALOCATION_SAME.
Search Path Management Commands	Lists all the currently active applications in the search path.

Application Management Commands

Command	Description
Application and File Management Commands	Copies the contents of one application to a second application.
Application and File Management Commands	Creates an application under the approot location.
Application and File Management Commands	Deletes an application.
Application and File Management Commands	Moves the contents of one application to a second application.
Application and File Management Commands	Specifies a code page for files in an application.
Application and File Management Commands	Renames an application.

File Management Commands

Command	Description
Application and File Management Commands	*Copies a single component or component type from one application to another.
Application and File Management Commands	*Moves a single component or component type from one application to another.
Application and File Management Commands	*Renames a single component or component type in an application.
Application and File Management Commands	*Deletes a single component or component type from an application.

* The shortened form of the APP commands is used in the remainder of this document.

Output Redirection Commands

Command	Description
Output Redirection Commands	Controls where output files are created for any HOLD, SAVE, SAVB, CREATE SYNONYM, or APP QUERY HOLD process in the application, unless a FILEDEF command has been used to allocate data files.
Output Redirection Commands	Designates an application as the location for temporary data files created with the HOLD, SAVE, or SAVB command.
Output Redirection Commands	Designates an application as the location for temporary Master and Access Files created with the HOLD command.
Output Redirection Commands	This command has been deprecated and aliased to FILEDEF.

Help Commands

Command	Description
APP HELP	Displays a list of APP commands with a brief description of each.

Click any command in the following chart to access detailed information, including the required syntax.

Command	Description
Application Metadata Commands and Catalog Metadata app/file.extension	Check file existence
Application Metadata Commands and Catalog Metadata app [HOLD]	Lists the applications under approot. If the HOLD option is used, it lists the applications under approot and writes the output to a temporary file called focappl.ftm, which you can then use in a report request.
Application Metadata Commands and Catalog Metadata app [HOLD]	Lists all files in the application. If the HOLD option is used, it lists all files in the application and writes the output to a temporary file called focappq.ftm, which you can then use in a report request.
Application Metadata Commands and Catalog Metadata	Table, list of accessible app name objects on path for a given type (default MASTER).
catalog/sysdirs	Table, recursive list of physical files under a physical directory.
Application Metadata Commands and Catalog Metadata	Table, metadata for physical objects on path.
catalog/systables	Table, app name of tables (and related metadata) on path.

For information about reporting from system tables, see the TIBCO WebFOCUS® Developing Reporting Applications manual.