User Guide

5-30 Preliminary Draft Ampex 1308904-X4
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acl_query_library ACL Application Programmer’s Guide
ARGUMENTS
Writer_Note: Bug RWCra01672 states “Usage does not tell you about the “-help v_revision”. Should
we cover this in the man page?
-help [
help_type ]
Displays help on stderr and invalidates all other options, cancelling any other actions. Valid
keywords for the optional help_type specification are:
output and revision.
-stdout <
output_spec>
Specifies the output fields written to stdout. You must provide a -stdout <output_spec>
argument for this utility (except when using the -help argument).
The -stdout <output_spec> argument supports the following keywords:
%vendor Prints the vendor name.
%product Prints the product name.
%proto_soft_ver Prints the CPU Protocol Software version.
%servo_soft_ver Prints the CPU Servo Software version.
%proto_boot_ver Prints the CPU Boot Prom Software version.
%servo_boot_ver Prints the Servo Boot Prom Software version.
%aclutil_ver Prints the ACL Utilities version.
%libacl_ver Prints the libacl API version.
%firm_rel_date Prints the ACL Firmware release date.
%util_rel_date Prints the ACL Utilities release date.
%libacl_rel_date Prints the libacl API release date.
ENVIRONMENT
The ACL management utilities use the following environment variables. Command-line
options always override any environment variables.
$ACL_DEV
Specifies the device special file to use when you omit the -device option.