HP StorageWorks Performance Control XP user guide (T1605-96007, October 2007)

72 Performance Control Export Tool
The outpath subcommand
Syntax
outpathΔ[path]
Description
The outpath subcommand specifies the directory to which monitoring data is exported.
Operands
path
Specifies the directory in which files are saved.
If the directory includes any non-alphanumeric character, the directory must be enclosed by double
quotation marks ("). To specify a back slash (\) in the character string enclosed by double quotation
marks, repeat the back slash twice (\\).
If the specified directory does not exist, this subcommand creates a directory that has the specified
name.
If this operand is omitted, the current directory is assumed.
Example
The following example saves files in the directory C:\Project\out in a Windows computer:
The following example saves files in the out directory in the current directory:
The option subcommand
Syntax
optionΔ[compress|nocompress]Δ[ask|clear|noclear]
Description
The option subcommand specifies the following:
• Whether to compress monitoring data in ZIP files
• Whether to overwrite or delete existing files and directories when saving monitoring data in files
Operands
The following operands specify whether to compress CSV files into ZIP files. If none of these operands is
specified, compress is assumed:
compress
Compresses data in ZIP files. To extract CSV files out of a ZIP file, you must decompress the ZIP file.
nocompress
Does not compress data in ZIP files and saves data in CSV files.
The following operands specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when the Export
Tool saves files. If none of these operands is specified, ask is assumed:
ask
Displays a message asking whether to delete existing files or directories.
clear
Deletes existing files and directories, and saves monitoring data in files.
noclear
outpath "C:\\Project\\out"
outpath out