HP e3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.75.00) (30216-90344)

Appendix G
HP Stage/iX Reference
HP Stage/iX Commands
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Staging area names are case sensitive. “STAGE1” is not equivalent to “stage1” or “Stage1”.
[;NAME=]new_name (optional)
If this parameter is omitted then the current name of the staging area will be unchanged. Otherwise, this
name will be used for the new name of the staging area.
This must be a valid HP Stage/iX staging area name and must be unique. The staging area name can be up to
16 characters in length. The name must be a valid MPE/iX directory name. For this reason, the name cannot
contain a slash (/) character. It can contain letters (upper or lower case), numbers, and the special characters
underscore (_), dash (-), and period (.).
Staging area names are case sensitive. “STAGE1” is not equivalent to “stage1” or “Stage1”.
[;DESC=]quoted_string (optional)
If this parameter is omitted then the current description for the staging area will be unchanged. Otherwise,
this description will replace the old description for the staging area.
This parameter must be a quoted string if it contains any delimiter characters (like blanks, commas,
semi-colons, or any other punctuation characters). The description can be any string up to 128 characters in
length.
Example
To change the name of a staging area:
STAGEMAN> CHANGE old_stage;NAME=new_stage
To change the description associated with a staging area:
STAGEMAN> CHANGE old_stage;DESC="network reliability
patches"
COMMENT (#)
The COMMENT command can be used to document command files used by the USE command. STAGEMAN ignores
the COMMENT command and any text following it.
The COMMENT command can be abbreviated #.
Syntax
COMMENT comment_text
Parameters
(none)
Example
STAGEMAN will ignore both of these comment lines:
STAGEMAN> COMMENT this is just a comment
STAGEMAN> # this is another comment
COMMIT
The HP Stage/iX subsystem allows system managers to activate patched system software without overwriting
the pre-existing system software environment. Whenever the system is booted from an HP Stage/iX staging
area, the system manager has the option of reverting to the previous system software environment by booting
from the Base (see the SET command).