── INPUT ──<file title>────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
(Type: Immediate; Default: Not applicable)
The INPUT option causes MAKEUSER to read from the specified file until it encounters either an END statement or an end-of-file (EOF) code. END terminates the MAKEUSER program, and an EOF code causes reading to revert to the file CARD. The INPUT option is invalid when it is read from an INPUT file or encountered in DEFAULTDEFINES.
For example, the following two lines could comprise the entire file input to MAKEUSER, which would cause a new USERDATAFILE to be created from input saved in file X:
CREATE $INPUT X LIST
This file might originally have been written by MAKEUSER with a COPY DISK X statement. The LIST option is processed and the rest of the current record is scanned before the next record is read from file X.
On systems that are running with security-administrator status enabled, it is advisable to avoid using this option. For more information, see Running MAKEUSER Securely.
| Note: | A domain name can be split between two input records in a disk file. If the domain name cannot fit on a single input record, split the name after a period (.). A domain name cannot be split when it is input from a terminal. |
