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**SETCOMMAND(**//commandline//**)**

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| **SETCOMMAND** | Internally sets command line parameters. |
| //commandline// | A string constant, variable, or expression containing the new command line parameters. |

**SETCOMMAND** allows the program to internally specify command line parameters that may be read by the COMMAND procedure. SETCOMMAND overwrites any previous command line flag of the same value. To turn off a leading slash flag, append an equal sign (=) to it in the //commandline//.

SETCOMMAND may not be used to set system level switches which must be specified when the program is loaded. The temporary files directory switch (CLATMP=) may be set with SETCOMMAND.

**Example:**

**SETCOMMAND(' /N')    !Add /N parameter**

**SETCOMMAND(' /N=')   !Turn off /N parameter**

**See Also:**

[[command  return command line .htm|COMMAND]]