compare_sla

Compares two SLAs as defined by two XML files. This utility outputs the difference trees as sla1_compare.dif and sla2_compare.dif in the specified directory. You can use a diff utility to diff these two files. Compare two sla.xml's to find out the difference.

Format

emcli compare_sla    -input_file=sla1:'first_xml    -input_file=sla2:'second_xml'    [-dir='directory']

[ ]  indicates that the parameter is optional

Options

• input_file=sla1

  File name for the first XML file.

  For more information about the input_file option, see -input_file Syntax Guidelines.

• input_file=sla2

  File name for the second XML file.

  For more information about the input_file option, see -input_file Syntax Guidelines.

• dir

  The default is the current directory. If you need to specify another directory, use this option for the output files sla1_compare.dif and sla2_compare.dif.

Example

This example compares two SLAs as defined in sla1.xml and sla2.xml, and outputs sla1_compare.dif and sla2_compare.dif in the current directory.

emcli compare_sla
          -input_file=sla1:sla1.xml -input_file=sla2:sla2.xml

You can use a standard diff tool to diff the files, such as This example for Linux:

diff sla1_compare.dif sla2_compare.dif