Using Administration Commands to Manage Interface Repositories

Use the following commands to manage the Interface Respository for a BEA Tuxedo domain:

Prerequisites

Before executing a command, you must ensure the bin directory is in your defined path, as follows:

On Windows 2000:

set path=%TUXDIR%\bin;%path%

On UNIX:

For c shell (csh): set path = ($TUXDIR/bin $path)

For Bourne (sh) or Korn (ksh): PATH=$TUXDIR/bin:$PATH
export PATH

To set environment variables:

On Windows 2000:

set var=value

On UNIX:

For c shell:

setenv var value

For Bourne and Korn (sh/ksh):

var=value
export var

Creating and Populating an Interface Respository

Use the idl2ir command to create an Interface Repository and load interface definitions into it. If no repository file exists, the command creates it. If the repository file does exists, the command loads the specified interface definitions into it. The format of the command is as follows:

idl2ir [options] definition-filename-list

For a detailed description of this command, see the File Formats, Data Descriptions, MIBs, and System Processes Reference in the BEA Tuxedo online documentation.

Note: If you want changes to be visible, you must restart the Interface Repository servers.

Displaying or Extracting the Content of an Interface Repository

Use the ir2idl command to display the content of an Interface Repository. You can also extract the OMG IDL statements of one or more interfaces to a file. The format of the command is as follows:

ir2idl [options] [interface-name]

For a detailed description of this command, see the File Formats, Data Descriptions, MIBs, and System Processes Reference in the BEA Tuxedo online documentation.

Deleting an Object from an Interface Repository

Use the irdel command to delete the specified object from the Interface Repository. Only interfaces not referenced from another interface can be deleted. By default, the repository file is repository.ifr. The format of the command is as follows:

irdel [-f repository-name] [-i id] object-name

For a detailed description of this command, see the File Formats, Data Descriptions, MIBs, and System Processes Reference in the BEA Tuxedo online documentation.

Note: If you want changes to be visible, you must restart the Interface Repository servers.