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Table 1 Optional command line parameters (continued)
DescriptionParameter
This command adds an entry to your crontab for Linux-based systems, or to the
Windows Scheduled Tasks list for Windows-based systems. For more information on
crontab, enter man crontab at a Linux command prompt.
Remove scheduled automatic execution of Insight Diagnostics.–u
This command removes all entries that refer to HP Insight Diagnostics in your crontab.
For a Windows system, this command removes the entries in the Windows Scheduled
Tasks list.
Compare a file to the current output, or if two files are specified, compare the files
without generating a new report.
-c <File1><File2>
Run a new HP Survey Utility snapshot and output to the terminal.-t
This option is ignored if -o is specified.
HP Survey Utility captures and comparisons can be to a file as plain text. The default
is XML format.
-p
Run a new HP Survey Utility snapshot and output to a file. The default is formed using
the current date in this format: surveyCCYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.xml (CC=century,
YY=year, MM=month, DD=day, HH=hour, mm=minute, and ss=second).
—o <File1>
-t and -o cannot be used together.
Overwrite the output file if it already exists.-f
If the -o parameter is not specified this option is ignored.
Append the output to an existing output file.-a
If no -o option is specified, this option is ignored. To avoid XML parsing errors, use
this option with the plain text (-p).
Run a diagnosis of all diagnosable devices. The test results are posted to the Diagnosis
Log (diagnosislog.xml).
–rd
Display help.-? , -h
Using HP Insight Diagnostics commands in Linux
To use the command line switches in Linux:
1. Open a terminal window if necessary.
2. Change to the /opt/hp/hpdiags directory.
3. Enter the command with the preferred switch.
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