# SET

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**SET \{function\}**

The SET command controls and displays a variety of A-Shell's behaviors; see the following list. Entering SET with no specifications will display current settings, and SET/? will display the functions shown in the table below. SET TERM, SET TRACE and SET LANG all return the current settings for the indicated function.

| **Function** | **Displays** |
|------|------|
| \{NO\} ABSLOOKUP  | Always return absolute value in LOOKUP. |
| \{NO\} HASH | Turn on and off AMOS compatible hash codes, and applies only to text files under A-Shell/Unix. The default is off. When on, the A-Shell hash routine will pretend as if there were a CR to go along with any LF line terminators when generating a hash code (since Unix text files normally only have LF line terminators whereas AMOS, Windows, and DOS use CRLF). |
| \{NO\} AMOSRUNSBR | Execute Xcall ASHELL within current process. |
| \{NO\} AUTOTPRINT | Turn on/off AUTOTPRINT. |
| \{NO\} [CMDINP](cmdinp.md) | CMD file input. |
| \{NO\} CTRLC | Ctrl+C |
| \{NO\}[DEBUG](debugsettings.md)\{#\} | Cause RUN programs compiled with /X:2 but not /DEBUG, to interpret the DEBUG variable as 1 (or # if specified.) See [DEBUG](debugsettings.md) for more details. |
| \{NO\} ECHO | Character echo. |
| \{NO\} EXTFIO | Extended file I/O. |
| \{NO\} FIELDEMU | Field Emulation. |
| \{NO\} FPROUND | Floating point expression rounding. |
| HEX | Set Hex output. |
| [INFDEF](infdef_set.md) | Change or display INFLD codes. |
| LANG | Set/display language: SET LANGUAGE \{lang\}. If _lang_ is not specified, it displays the name of the current language. Otherwise if tries to load the specified language file, interpreting _lang_ as the LDF file name in the same way that MX\_LANGUAGE does. Thus, while SET LANGUAGE may return "SPANISH", to set the language to Spanish you may need to use SET LANGUAGE SPANSH, assuming the LDF file name is dsk0:spansh.ldf\[1,6\]. |
| \{NO\} LATIN1 | LATIN1 eight-bit mode. |
| \{NO\} LOKSER | Turn [LOKSER](lokser_sp.md) on/off. |
| LOGDIR | Changes the ashlog.log directory. SET LOGDIR dirspec |
| LONGDIR | Forces DIR to act as if the /L\{ONG\} switch had been set. |
| OCTAL | Set Octal output (e.g. in DUMP). |
| PROMPT <prompt> | Set command prompt to <prompt>. |
| \{NO\} STRICT | Strict AMOS compatibility mode. |
| [TERM](terminal_options.md) | Terminal options. |
| [TITLE Definition String](titledefinitionstring.md) | Set top status line or window title. |
| [TRACE](trace_options.md) | Trace options. |
| [WEBCACHE](webcache_in_set_lit.md) | Set various options for A-Shell WEBCACHE system. |




**History**

2022 May, A-Shell 6.5.1716, SET.LIT 1.2(166):  now supports the SQL TRACE, and the TRACE options are now displayed alphabetically.

2017 July, A-Shell 6.5.1610, SET.LIT 1.2(161):  now makes the scroll bar visible if the environment supports it (A-Shell/Windows and ATE version 6.5.1610 or later) and the output of the command causes the screen to scroll.

2017 February, A-Shell 6.3.1543, SET.LIT 1.2(161):  adds LANG

2016 October, A-Shell 6.3.1531, SET.LIT 1.2(158):  adds WEBCACHE

2016 September, A-Shell 6.3.1526, SET.LIT 1.2(156):  updated to support TRACE flags JOBLCK and EXEC, which were added in 6.3.1518.0.