Starting the Shell for File Input

  To invoke the MaxL Shell to take input from a MaxL script file, type essmsh followed by the name of a MaxL script in the current directory, or, the full path and file name of a MaxL script in another directory.

If you provide only a file name, the MaxL Shell assumes that the file is in the current directory (the directory the operating-system command prompt was in when essmsh was invoked). In the following invocation example, the file maxlscript.msh must be in C:\.

C:\> essmsh maxlscript.msh

If the MaxL script is not in the current directory, provide a path to the MaxL script. You can use absolute paths or relative paths.

For example:

$ essmsh ../Oracle/Middleware/EPMSystem11R1/products/Essbase/EssbaseServer/test.msh

Note:

MaxL scripts do not require a particular—or any—file extension. This document uses.msh.

In UNIX shells, place single quotation marks around the path to avoid file-reading errors.

In a Windows command prompt, if the path to the script contains a space, you may have to use double quotation marks around the entire path and file name to avoid file-reading errors.