SPI Common Extensions Manual

Commands and Responses
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Common Commands and Responses
ALTER Sensitive Modifies the values of an object’s defining
attributes
5-21
CONNECT Sensitive Establishes a link between objects 5-23
CONTROL Sensitive Lets you issue subsystem-specific commands 5-25
COPY Sensitive Copies data from one location to another 5-26
DELETE Sensitive Removes an object from the set of defined objects 5-28
DIAGNOSE Sensitive Puts a LINE object in or out of the DIAGNOSING
state
5-30
DISCONNECT Sensitive Deletes a link between objects 5-31
DUMP Sensitive Copies data from one location to another (for
diagnosis)
5-34
ENQUIRE Nonsensitive Retrieves specific information about an object 5-35
EXPORT Sensitive Used to export a file system to remote client
systems
5-37
FORBIDOPENS Sensitive Prevents an object from accepting links 5-38
GETVERSION Nonsensitive Retrieves subsystem version information 5-39
INFO Nonsensitive Retrieves the values of an object’s configuration
attributes
5-43
INITIALIZE Sensitive Prepares an object for NonStop Kernel subsystem
use
5-45
LISTDEV Nonsensitive Returns device names and related information 5-47
LISTOBJECTS Nonsensitive Retrieves the names and types of defined objects 5-49
LISTOPENS Nonsensitive Lists an object’s openers 5-51
LOAD Sensitive Downloads a file into an object 5-52
MOVE Sensitive Moves an object horizontally in an object
hierarchy
5-53
NULL Nonsensitive Obtains information or identifies all subsystem-
supported objects
5-55
PROBE Nonsensitive Determines the status of a link 5-56
RELEASE Sensitive Frees an object for reuse 5-57
RENAME Sensitive Changes the name of an object 5-59
REPLACE Sensitive Installs a new version of a running object 5-61
RESET Sensitive Returns an object to a known initial state 5-62
RESETSTATS Sensitive Retrieves and resets an object’s statistics 5-63
START Sensitive Makes an object operational 5-66
STATISTICS Nonsensitive Retrieves an object’s statistics 5-67
STATUS Nonsensitive Reports an object’s status 5-70
Table 5-2. Common Commands (page2of3)
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