User Guide

Ampex 1308904-X4 Preliminary Draft 5-29
ACL Application Programmer’s Guide acl_query_library
5.11 acl_query_library
NAME
acl_query_library - get ACL vendor name, product name, software revision levels, and
software release dates.
SYNOPSIS
acl_query_library -stdout output_spec [ -device device_special_file ] [ -n ]
[ -retry_on_reset ]
acl_query_library -help [ help_type ]
DESCRIPTION
acl_query_library returns ACL vendor, product and software information. The
-stdout <output_spec> option specifies which fields are written to stdout. These can include
the ACL vendor name, product name, software revision levels and software release dates.
acl_query_library is available to all users. See the acl_intro(1) manual page for general
information on command-line options and arguments.
OPTIONS
-device device_special_file
Specifies the device special file to use for the operation.
-n
Prevents the utility from appending a trailing newline to the output stream written to stdout,
but does not affect newlines embedded in the output stream.
-retry_on_reset
Specifies that the utility perform one retry automatically when a failure is caused by a SCSI
Bus Device Reset of the ACL.