add element(8rpc)
Adds an element to a profile in a name service entry; if the specified entry does not exist, creates the entry.
Synopsis
rpccp add element profile-entry-name -m member
{-d | -i if-id [-p priority]}
[-a annotation] [-s syntax ]
Options
-m member
Defines a member name for the profile element to be added (required).
-d
Performs the add element operation on the default profile element. With the -d option, the -i and -p options are ignored.
-i if-id
Defines an interface identifier for the profile element to be added. Only one interface can be added in a single operation. An interface identifier is
required, unless the default profile element is being added. With the -d option, the -i option is ignored.
The value has the following form:
interface-uuid,major-version.minor-version
The UUID is a hexadecimal string and the version numbers are a decimal string, for example:
-i ec1eeb60-5943-11c9-a309-08002b102989,3.11
Leading zeros in version numbers are ignored.
-p priority
Defines a search priority for the new profile element. The priority value is in the range 0 to 7, with zero having the highest priority. When a default
element is added (with the -d option), the -p option is ignored. By default, a nondefault element is assigned a priority value of zero.
-a annotation
Defines an annotation string for the profile element.
Note that the shell supports quotation marks around the annotation field of profile elements, which allows you to include internal spaces in an annotation; the control program does not. To specify or refer to annotations from within the control program, limit each annotation to an unbroken alphanumeric string; for example, CalendarGroup. To refer to annotations from the system prompt, do not incorporate quotation marks into any annotation.
-s syntax
Indicates the name syntax of the entry name (optional). The only value for this option is the dce name syntax, which is the default name syntax.
Until an alternative name syntax becomes available, specifying the -s option is unnecessary.
Arguments
profile-entry-name
Specifies the entry name of the target profile. For an entry in the local cell, you can omit the cell name and specify only the cell-relative name.
Description
The add element command adds an element to a profile in a name service entry. The name of the entry containing the profile and the entry name of the
profile member in the new element are required. The entry of a profile may have been created previously (by either the add entry or add element command). But, if the specified
entry does not exist, the add element command tries to create the entry.
A profile element is a database record containing the following fields:
Interface identifier
This is the primary search key. The interface identifier consists of the interface UUID and the interface version numbers.
Member name
The entry name of one of the following kinds of name service entries:
· A server entry for a server offering the requested RPC interface and object
· A group corresponding to the requested RPC interface
· A profile
Priority value
The priority value (0 (zero) is the highest priority; 7 is the lowest) is designated by the creator of a profile element to help determine the order for using the
element. NSI search operations select among like priority elements at random. For the rpccp add element command, the default is 0.
Annotation string
The annotation string enables you to identify the purpose of the profile element. The annotation can be any textual information, for example, an interface
name associated with the interface identifier or a description of a service or resource associated with a group. The annotation string is not a search key for the import or lookup operations.
Privileges Required
You need both read permission and write permission to the CDS object entry (the target profile entry). If the entry does not exist, you
also need insert permission to the parent directory.
Notes
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.
Examples
The following command adds an element to the cell profile, /cell-profile, in the local cell:
rpccp> add element \
> -i ec1eeb60-5943-11c9-a309-08002b102989,1.1 \
> -m /.:/Calendar_profile \
> -a
RefersToCalendarGroups \
> /.:/cell-profile
The following control program commands start the control program, set up a user profile associated with the cell profile as its default element, and add a user-specific element for the Calendar Version 1.1 interface, as follows:
rpccp> add element /.:/LandS/anthro/molly_o_profile \
> -d -m /.:/cell-profile
rpccp>
rpccp> add element
/.:/LandS/anthro/molly_o_profile \
> -m /.:/LandS/anthro/Calendar_group \
> -i ec1eeb60-5943-11c9-a309-08002b102989,1.1 \
> -a Calendar_Version 1.1_Interface
rpccp>
The added profile element contains the global name of the member (specified using its cell-relative name, /.:/LandS/anthro/Calendar_group) and the RPC interface identifier for the Calendar Version 1.1 interface.
Related Information
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