User guide

Chapter 5 - The Options File
Options File Syntax
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Comments
Include comments in your options file by starting each comment line with a pound sign “#.”
Feature Specification
The feature name can be modified with an optional keyword-value pair to fully qualify it. This
notation is used for distinguishing a particular group of licenses when there are multiple
FEATURE lines for a single feature. The following syntax is used:
feature:keyword=value
For example:
f1:VERSION=2.0
specifies the version 2.0 pool of licenses for feature “f1”.
Note A colon (:) is a valid feature name character. If colons are in your feature names, specify a group
of licenses with the following alternative syntax using quotation marks and spaces:
"feature keyword=value"
The following option keywords are used as feature name modifiers to denote a specific group
of licenses:
• VERSION=
• HOSTID=
• EXPDATE=
•KEY=
• SIGN=
•ISSUER=
• NOTICE=
• VENDOR_STRING= (if configured by the vendor as a pooling component)
• dist_info=
• user_info=
• asset_info=
If the USER_BASED or HOST_BASED keywords appear in a feature line, this feature
specification syntax must be used to qualify the feature.
Using a package name in place of a feature name applies the option to all of the components in
the package.