HP UX Internet and Networking Software manual Querymdsapplication, Application

Administration Commands

query_mds_application

2.146 query_mds_application

The query_mds_application command returns a list of applications that have registered for MDS-level messages (by issuing the MS verb REGISTER_MS_APPLICATION). For more information about this MS verb, refer to the HP-UX SNAplus2 MS Programmer’s Guide. This command can be used to obtain information about a specific application or about multiple applications, depending on the options used.

This command must be issued to a running node.

2.146.1 Supplied Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Length	Default
[query_mds_application]
num_entries	decimal		1
list_options	constant		LIST_INCLUSIVE
application	character	8	(null string)

Supplied parameters are:

num_entries

Maximum number of applications for which data should be returned. You can specify 1 to return data for a specific application, a number greater than 1 to return data for multiple applications, or 0 (zero) to return data for all applications.

list_options

The position in the list of applications from which SNAplus2 begins to return data.

Possible values are:

FIRST_IN_LIST

Start at the first entry in the list

LIST_INCLUSIVE

Start at the entry specified by the application parameter

LIST_FROM_NEXT

Start at the entry immediately following the entry specified by the application parameter

application

Application name for which information is required, or the name to be used as an index into the list. This parameter is ignored if list_options is set to FIRST_IN_LIST. This name is a type-A character string.

2.146.2 Returned Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Length
application	character	8
max_rcv_size	decimal

If the command executes successfully, SNAplus2 returns the following parameters:

application

Name of registered application.

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