Adding a Table Entry With the -A Option

The -A option is designed for applications where you need to force nistbladm to overwrite an existing entry. Like the -a option, -A adds a new entry to a table. However, if the entry already exists, instead of exiting with an error, it overwrites the existing entry row.

When using the -A option, you must specify all columns in the entry.

For example, suppose the following table exists and the Dept and Site columns are searchable:

Now you run the following command:

rootmaster% nistbladm -A Name=Sales Site=SanFran \
 Name=Tsosulu depts.doc.com.

The -a option would have returned an error, since the entry specified by Name=Sales Site=SanFran already exists. But the -A option allows you to overwrite the existing row.