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The option subcommand
Syntax
option
[compress|nocompress][ask|clear|noclear]
Description
The option subcommand specifies the following:
•
Whether to compress monitoring data in ZIP files
•
Whether to overwrite or delete existing files and directories when saving monitoring data in files
Operands
The following operands specify whether to compress CSV files into ZIP files. If none of these operands is
specified, compress is assumed:
compress
Compresses data in ZIP files. To extract CSV files out of a ZIP file, you must decompress the ZIP file.
nocompress
Does not compress data in ZIP files and saves data in CSV files.
The following operands specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when the Export
Tool saves files. If none of these operands is specified, ask is assumed:
ask
Displays a message asking whether to delete existing files or directories.
clear
Deletes existing files and directories, and saves monitoring data in files.
noclear
Overwrites existing files and directories.
Example
The following example saves monitoring data in CSV files, not in ZIP files:
The apply subcommand
Syntax
apply
Description
The apply subcommand saves monitoring data specified by the group subcommand into files.
The login subcommand must execute before the apply subcommand executes.
The apply subcommand does nothing if the group subcommand executes.
Settings made by the group subcommand are reset when the apply subcommand finishes.
The set subcommand
Syntax
set
[switch={m|off}]
option nocompress