Chapter 1. Controlling and Monitoring Processes

Overview of the Command Line Interface

The Command Line Interface (CLI) enables you to submit Sterling Connect:Direct®
Processes and commands from a native command line environment. Youcan also
use the Sterling Connect:Direct Browser User Interface to perform some of these
tasks.

Starting the CLI

Procedure
1. If you have not defined the NDMAPICFG environment variable, type the
following command for the appropriate shell, where d_dir is the path to the
Sterling Connect:Direct subdirectory.
In the C shell:
% setenv NDMAPICFG d_dir/ndm/cfg/cliapi/ndmapi.cfg
In the Bourne or Korn shell:
$ NDMAPICFG=d_dir/ndm/cfg/cliapi/ndmapi.cfg
$ export NDMAPICFG
2. Type the following command to invoke Sterling Connect:Direct CLI. Type
options as required:
$ direct [-P string -s -t n -e nn -n name -p nnnnn -x -r -h -z]

Stopping the CLI

Procedure
Stop the CLI operation by typing Control-D or quit at the prompt.

CLI Commands

Refer to the following table for a description of the command options and sample
command entries:
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