HP UX Internet and Networking Software manual Parameter Syntax Used for Administration Commands

Introduction to SNAplus2 Administration Commands

Using snapadmin

•define_tr_ls

•define_tr_port

•define_userid_password

Using Command Line Help

Help is available using the -hand -doptions on

snapadmin -h

snapadmin as follows:

Displays general information about administration commands and instructions for specifying commands and parameters on the command line.

snapadmin -h-dsnapadmin -hcommand snapadmin -h-dcommand

Lists all administration commands.

Displays a description of the specified command.

Displays a description of the specified command and lists the parameters for this command.

1.1.2 Parameter Syntax Used for Administration Commands

Use the syntax described in the following sections to specify parameters in administration commands. The information included in these sections applies to both configuration files and snapadmin commands, except where indicated.

The parameters in a command can be specified in any order, except as noted in Section 1.1.2, Parameter Syntax Used for Administration Commands.

Parameter Types

Each parameter in an administration command is one of the following types:

Character

A character string entered using locally displayable characters (for example the lu_name parameter value). The individual parameter descriptions give details of the maximum and minimum length of each string. The parameter descriptions also indicate when the string must consist of characters from a particular character set (such as alphanumeric, type-A, or HP-UX file name characters). Otherwise, you can use any character that is displayable in your computer’s local character set. Character strings are case-sensitive.

If you enter a character string as command-line input to the snapadmin program and the string contains one or more commas, you must precede each comma with % so that the program does not interpret the comma as a separator between parameters. To enter a % character by itself, use two % characters—%%. (This appears as %% in configuration files and in text output from administration commands, but is interpreted as a single character.)

A name parameter entered as a character string that starts with the @ character is reserved and should not be used. An exception is the resource_name parameter on the add_dlc_trace and remove_dlc_trace commands. Also, avoid using names that start with the $ character because you may overwrite a name reserved for the system. Currently, all names starting with $G are used by the system.

Do not enclose character strings in quotation marks (""). If you need to include quotation marks within a character string, the following restrictions apply:

•The " character must be a valid character for the parameter you are defining.

•The string must contain an even number of quotation marks.

•Each quotation mark must be preceded by a backslash character, \", to avoid interpretation by the HP-UX shell.

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