Option - HPE XP7 User Manual

Operands
Operand
path
Examples
The following example saves files in the directory C:\Project\out on a Windows computer:
outpath "C:\\Project\\out"
The following example saves files in the out directory in the current directory:
outpath out

option

Description
This 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
Syntax
option [compress|nocompress] [ask|clear|noclear]
Operands
Operand
The two operands below specify whether to compress CSV files into ZIP files. If none of these operands is specified,
compress is assumed.
compress
nocompress
The three operands below specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when Export Tool saves
files. If none of these operands is specified, ask is assumed.
ask
clear
noclear
Example
The following example saves monitoring data in CSV files, not in ZIP files:
option nocompress
Description
Specifies the directory in which files will be saved.
If the directory includes any non-alphanumeric character, the directory must be enclosed by
double quotation marks ("). If you want to specify a back slash (\) in the character string
enclosed by double quotation marks, repeat the back slash twice. For example, \\.
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.
Description
Compresses data in ZIP files. To extract CSV files out of a ZIP file, you will need to decompress
the ZIP file.
Does not compress data in ZIP files and saves data in CSV files.
Displays a message that asks whether to delete existing files or directories.
Deletes existing files and directories and then saves monitoring data in files.
Overwrites existing files and directories.
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