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Contents
Preface
Before You Begin .............................................................................................................. xi
Text Conventions ..............................................................................................................xii
Acronyms .........................................................................................................................xiv
Bay Networks Technical Publications ..............................................................................xiv
How to Get Help .............................................................................................................. xv
Chapter 1
Creating a Script File
About Variables ...............................................................................................................1-2
Local, Global, and System Variables .......................................................................1-4
Special Variables ............................................................................................................1-4
Input Parameters ......................................................................................................1-4
Prompting for Input ...................................................................................................1-5
Polling the Console for Input ..............................................................................1-5
Accessing MIB Information ......................................................................................1-6
Formatting a MIB Entry ............................................................................................1-7
Defining a Pseudo-Variable Array ...................................................................................1-8
Creating and Using Variables .........................................................................................1-8
Viewing Variables .....................................................................................................1-8
Setting Variables ......................................................................................................1-9
Deleting Variables ..................................................................................................1-10
Setting the Current Volume or Directory .......................................................................1-11
Controlling Program Flow .............................................................................................1-11
Writing Messages to the Console .................................................................................1-12
Saving Console Messages to a File .............................................................................1-12
Performing Error Recovery ...........................................................................................1-12
Inserting Comments .....................................................................................................1-13
Debugging a Script File ................................................................................................1-13
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