Invoking and Terminating a Natural Session

This documentation introduces you to the usage of Natural in the Linux and Cloud environment.

The instructions and methods described in this documentation relate to the default standards as delivered with the original Natural software. They are not a comprehensive description of all features provided by Natural. For a full description of all options and functions, refer to the corresponding Natural documentation.

The layout of the example screens provided in this documentation and the behavior of Natural described here can differ from your results. For example, a command or message line may appear in a different screen position, or the execution of a Natural command may be protected by security control. The default settings in your environment depend on the system parameters set by your Natural administrator.

This document covers the following topics:

It is also possible to start and terminate a Natural batch session. See Natural in Batch Mode in the Operations documentation.

Invoking Natural

The way you invoke Natural depends on how the system has been configured at your site. For most installations, you invoke Natural as described below.

Start of instruction setTo invoke Natural

  • Enter the following command at the Linux system prompt: 

    natural

    The main menu appears. See Natural Main Menu for further information.

Notes:

  1. You can set up your own environment by specifying dynamic parameters when starting Natural. See Dynamic Assignment of Parameter Values in the Operations documentation.
  2. If Natural Security is active, access to some libraries and some functions may be restricted. Ask your Natural Security administrator for details.

Terminating Natural

A Natural session can be terminated in different ways.

Start of instruction setTo terminate Natural

  • Select the Fin menu and press ENTER.

    Or:
    Select the Direct menu and press ENTER. In the resulting Direct Command window enter the system command FIN and press ENTER.

    Or:
    Execute a Natural program which contains a TERMINATE statement.

Note
Termination methods can also be defined with the Configuration Utility. See also Program Loading and Deletion in the Overview of Profile Parameters section of the Configuration Utility documentation.

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