NS3000/iX Operations and Maintenance Reference Manual (36922-90039)

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Using NETTOOL

If the same command is available in several menus, the help

information you see will be the information that pertains to the way

the command operates for the current menu. Abbreviations are not

allowed for the command name.

• To get general information on NETTOOL use, type:

HELP OPERATION

• To get help on adding comments to input scripts, type:

HELP COMMENT

• To get help on executing MPE commands from within NETTOOL (the

colon capability), type:

HELP COLON

• To browse the entire help text, type:

HELP BROWSE

To Use Commands

To execute a command within NETTOOL, you enter the command and

any parameters required for the desired execution of the command.

Each menu provides a list of the commands that are available at that

point in the NETTOOL utility. Commands may be abbreviated.

Commands may be chained together, up to 150 characters total.

Separate the individual commands by semicolons. For example:

NAMEADDR;CACHE;OUTFILE myfile;FILTERS

If any command requires the inclusion of a semicolon, then that

command must be the last one in a command string.

Global Commands

A number of commands are available from all NETTOOL menus. These

commands are listed below along with their function.

DATA Enable/disable NETTOOL data going to $STDLIST. If

you have not deﬁned an output ﬁle with an OUTFILE

command, data will go to $STDLIST regardless of this

setting. If you have deﬁned an output ﬁle and the data

ﬂag is on, data goes to both $STDLIST and the data ﬁle.

If you have deﬁned an output ﬁle and the data ﬂag is

off, data goes only to the data ﬁle. The data ﬂag is on by

default. See also MESSAGES command.

DEBUG Enter the MPE debug facility. Return to NETTOOL when

done.