N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Reference Guide

snapshot Child elements

Name 

How Many? 

Description 

paramList 

0 or 1 

A list of parameters for use within the prepare, capture and cleanup blocks of this snapshot. 

varList 

0 or 1 

A list of local variables for use within the prepare, capture and cleanup blocks of this snapshot. 

prepare 

0 or 1 

Contains steps to be executed in preparation for the file capture or comparison. 

capture 

0 or 1 

Contains a list of files and directories to be captured as part of this snapshot 

cleanup 

0 or 1 

Contains steps to be executed after the capture or comparison has completed. 


Note –

If this snapshot is to be called from a <createSnapshot> step, then it may not declare any required parameters in its <paramList> element.


The varList, prepare, capture and cleanup elements collectively define the body of the snapshot. The body is not included if the snapshot block is declared abstract.