9.3. The startsrc command

The startsrc command sends the System Resource Controller (SRC) a request to start a subsystem or a group of subsystems or to pass on a packet to the subsystem that starts a subserver.

If a start subserver request is passed to the SRC, and the subsystem to which the subserver belongs is not currently active, the SRC starts the subsystem and transmits the start subserver request to the subsystem.

The flags for the startsrc command are shown in Table 9-2.

Table 9-2. Flags for the startsrc command
FlagDescriptionExample
To start a subsystem
-a argumentSpecifies an argument string that is passed to the subsystem when the subsystem is executed.startsrc -s srctest -a "-D DEBUG" This starts the srctest subsystem with “-D DEBUG” ...

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