Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide (R2.5)

5 Running Scripts in NCI

In NCI, you can run script files.

• “Creating a Script File” (page 61)

• “Running a Script File” (page 62)

• “Logging Output” (page 63)

• “Running Scripts in Parallel” (page 63)

Creating a Script File

A script file that you run in NCI must be an ASCII text file that contains only these elements:

• “SQL Statements or Other Commands” (page 61)

• “NCI Commands” (page 61)

• “Comments” (page 61)

• “Section Headers” (page 62)

For an example, see “Example of a Script File” (page 62).

NOTE: You cannot use shell commands in a script file that you run in NCI. To create shell

scripts that run NCI, see Chapter 6 (page 65).

SQL Statements or Other Commands

Script files support any of the various SQL statements or other commands that are supported in

one of these NCI modes:

Supported CommandsNCI Mode

SQL statements. For more information, see the Neoview SQL Reference Manual.SQL

Connectivity service commands. For more information, see Appendix B (page 153).

NOTE: A new set of connectivity commands can be run in SQL mode using the CMDOPEN

and CMDCLOSE commands. For more information, see Appendix C (page 155).

Neoview Workload Management Services (WMS) commands. For more information, see the

Neoview Workload Management Services Guide.

WMS or NS

Security management commands. For more information, see the Neoview User Management and

Security Administration Guide.

SEC

For more information about the modes, see the “MODE Command” (page 95).

NCI Commands

Most NCI commands are supported in script files except the FC command. For a list of the

interface commands, see Appendix A (page 71).

Comments

You can include comments anywhere in a script file. SQL also supports comments. Comments

are useful for documenting the functionality of the script file and for debugging. When debugging,

use comments to disable specific statements or commands without removing them from the