node-zoom/deps/yaz/yaz-5.8.1/doc/zoomsh-man.xml

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<refentry id="zoomsh">
 <refentryinfo>
  <productname>YAZ</productname>
  <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
  <info><orgname>Index Data</orgname></info>
 </refentryinfo>

 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>zoomsh</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">Commands</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>zoomsh</refname>
  <refpurpose>ZOOM shell</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
  <cmdsynopsis>
   <command>zoomsh</command>
   <arg choice="opt"><option>-a <replaceable>apdufile</replaceable></option></arg>
   <arg choice="opt"><option>-e</option></arg>
   <arg choice="opt"><option>-v <replaceable>loglevel</replaceable></option></arg>
   <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">commands</arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
   <para>
    <command>zoomsh</command> is a ZOOM client with a simple
    command line interface. The client demonstrates the ZOOM
    API and is useful for testing targets.
   </para>
   <para>
    You may pass one or more commands to <command>zoomsh</command>.
    These commands are invoked first.
   </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
   <title>OPTIONS</title>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>-a <replaceable>apdufile</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para>
      Logs protocol packages into apdufile (APDU log).
      </para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>-e</term>
     <listitem><para>
      Makes zoomsh stop processing commands as soon as an error occur.
      The exit code of zoomsh is 1 if error occurs; 0 otherwise.
      </para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>-v <replaceable>loglevel</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para>
       Sets YAZ log level to <replaceable>loglevel</replaceable>.
      </para></listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1><title>EXAMPLES</title>
   <para>
    If you start the <command>yaz-ztest</command> in one console you
    can use the ZOOM shell as follows:
    <screen><![CDATA[
$ zoomsh
ZOOM>connect localhost:9999
ZOOM>search computer
localhost:9999: 7 hits
ZOOM>show 0 1
1 Default USmarc
001    11224466
003 DLC
005 00000000000000.0
008 910710c19910701nju           00010 eng
010    $a    11224466
040    $a DLC $c DLC
050 00 $a 123-xyz
100 10 $a Jack Collins
245 10 $a How to program a computer
260 1  $a Penguin
263    $a 8710
300    $a p. cm.
ZOOM>quit
]]>
    </screen>
   </para>
   <para>
    You can also achieve the same result by passing the commands
    as arguments on a single command line:
   </para>
   <para>
    <literal>$ zoomsh "connect localhost:9999" "search computer"</literal>
    <literal>"show 0 1" quit</literal>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1><title>COMMANDS</title>
   <variablelist>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>connect</literal>
      <replaceable>zurl</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para>
       Connects to the target given by <replaceable>zurl</replaceable>.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>close</literal>
      [<replaceable>zurl</replaceable>]</term>
     <listitem><para>
       Closes connection to target given by
       <replaceable>zurl</replaceable> or all targets if
       <replaceable>zurl</replaceable> was omitted.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>show</literal>
      [<replaceable>start</replaceable>
      [<replaceable>count</replaceable>]]
     </term>
     <listitem><para>
       Displays <literal>count</literal> records starting at offset given
       by <replaceable>start</replaceable>. First records has offset 0
       (unlike the Z39.50 protocol).
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>quit</literal>
     </term>
     <listitem><para>
       Quits <command>zoomsh</command>.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>set</literal>
      <replaceable>name</replaceable>
      [<replaceable>value</replaceable>]
     </term>
     <listitem><para>
       Sets option <replaceable>name</replaceable> to
       <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>get</literal>
      <replaceable>name</replaceable>
     </term>
     <listitem><para>
       Prints value of option <replaceable>name</replaceable>.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

    <varlistentry><term><literal>help</literal>
     </term>
     <listitem><para>
       Prints list of available commands.
      </para></listitem></varlistentry>

   </variablelist>

  </refsect1>
  <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
   <para>
    <citerefentry>
     <refentrytitle>yaz</refentrytitle>
     <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
    </citerefentry>,
    <citerefentry>
     <refentrytitle>yaz-ztest</refentrytitle>
     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    </citerefentry>,
   </para>
   <para>
    Section "Building clients with ZOOM" in the YAZ manual.
   </para>
   <para>
    <ulink url="http://zoom.z3950.org/">ZOOM home page</ulink>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>

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