paxtract
Extracts information about global parameters (variables) from the database.
Syntax
paxtract [-V | -U] [-o output] [-a]
Arguments
- -V
- Displays the command version and exits.
- -U
- Displays command usage information and exits.
- -o output
- Specifies the output file. The default is stdout.
- -a
- Displays all the variables defined in all the variable tables. If not specified, only the variables defined in the default variable table are displayed.
Results
Each variable record
contains tab-delimited, variable length fields. The fields are described
in Table 1.
| Field | Description | Max Length (bytes) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | table name | 80 |
| 2 | variable name | 16 |
| 3 | variable value | 72 |
Remember: If you do not specify the -a (all)
option in the command, only fields 2 and 3 are displayed and the variables
listed are the ones contained in the default variable table only.
Examples
To extract information
about all variable definitions and direct the output to the file allvarinfo, run the following command:
paxtract -a -o allvarinfo