Additional Tips; Global Character (Wildcard) Support; Abbreviations For Attributes And Values; Redirecting Data - HP 9000 User Manual

Command Reference

Additional Tips

Additional Tips
The following tips can make your use of commands easier.

Global Character (Wildcard) Support

You can use the global asterisk character (*) to facilitate broadcasting
commands to all servers. For example, STU*: sends the command to all
servers whose names begin with the letters STU.
Follow the shell-specific rules pertaining to the shell you are using. Some
shells may intercept and interpret the asterisk before HPDPS has a
chance to operate on it. In these cases, you can surround the asterisk by
control characters, typically some form of quotes supported by the shell,
to prevent premature interpretations.

Abbreviations for Attributes and Values

Attributes and values can often be abbreviated by using the first letter of
each word. Thus, the media-used attribute can be abbreviated to m-u.
However, in instances where abbreviations are not unique, you will need
to use more letters. For example, you cannot use j-o because of the
overlap for job-owner and job-originator. Instead, use j-ow for
job-owner or j-or for job-originator.

Redirecting Data

You can use the pdls command to create a file that contains the data you
would normally see on the display screen. You might want to do this to
create a new attributes file or to archive the present data so you can
recover it later on. For example, to create a file SPOOL1.archive that
contains specifiable and settable attributes and their values for server
SPOOL1, sending it to the specified directory, enter:
pdls -c server -r archive -g SPOOL1 > /attr/SPOOL1.archive
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