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DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide
Chapter 3: Registering with the BladeManager Command Line
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Using BladeManager

 This section describes how to complete the tasks described in the following subsections:

Starting and Stopping BladeManager

 To start BladeManager, enter the following command at the UNIX system prompt or the MS-DOS command prompt:

Your screen displays a prompt consisting of the value of the current database server (the value of the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable when you start BladeManager) and the angle bracket (>). To execute BladeManager commands, enter the command name.

Important: If BladeManager fails to execute, make sure that Informix environment variables are set to run Informix database utilities. See "Prerequisite Tasks" for more information.
To exit BladeManager, enter one of the following commands:

Obtaining Help for Commands

 To see a list of BladeManager commands and their syntax, enter one of the following commands:

Setting Confirmation

 If confirmation is on, BladeManager prompts you to confirm the following tasks:

When confirmation is off, BladeManager issues no confirmation prompt when you execute these commands. Setting confirmation off is useful when you use BladeManager in batch operations by sending commands to it from a file.

To set confirmation on, enter the following command:

To set confirmation off, enter the following command:

Executing BladeManager Commands Automatically at Startup

 When BladeManager starts, it searches for the batch file blademgr.run in the current directory. If BladeManager finds the file, it executes any commands in it before displaying the prompt that allows you to enter commands. You can edit this file and place commands in it that are automatically executed whenever BladeManager starts.

For example, if you do not want to be prompted for confirmation each time you register a DataBlade module, you can put the set confirm off command in blademgr.run to turn confirmation off automatically whenever you run BladeManager.

If you include multiple commands in blademgr.run, separate each command with a carriage return.

Executing Multiple BladeManager Commands

To execute a series of BladeManager commands using shell redirection, enter the following command:

filename.txt is the name of a text file containing one or more BladeManager commands, each on a separate line.



DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide, version 3.6
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