TotalNET Advanced Server 5.2 Quick Reference

Notational Conventions

The following notational conventions apply to command line usage in this guide:

Notation 

Description 

courier

A command, path, or part of a path. 

courier italic

A command variable. You must replace each occurrence of this text with a valid value for its variable. 

Italic

An attribute variable. You must replace each occurrence of this text with a valid value for its variable. 

\

An indication that the next line continues the same command line. Do not include this character with the command. 

[]

Brackets around an optional part of the command line. 

{}

Braces around two or more options, separated by pipes (|), from which you must choose. 

|

A pipe to separate choices enclosed in braces or brackets. 

()

Parentheses to group the options they enclose. 

... 

An ellipsis to indicate that you may include as many specifications as you wish for the preceding option. 

The following example demonstrates the use of courier, courier italic, brackets, braces, pipes, and ellipses:

command [option]... {literal|variable}

The following example illustrates the addition of the value of the browse-master attribute (kipper) to the file service atmoe:file in the AT realm:

tnservice -A -r AT -s atmoe:file -a browse-master=kipper

Command Entry Format

The command entries, listed in alphabetical order, describe purpose, location, usage, and attributes, if applicable, for every command. Each command entry has the command name as the title, followed by the following sections:

Purpose -- A description of functionality.

Location -- The path of the command's location. It begins in the TNHOME directory. The Solaris TNHOME directories reside in /var/opt/totalnet.

Usage -- The format for UNIX command line usage.

Attributes -- Command attributes that add to or modify the functionality of the command. This section only appears if attributes exist.