On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 05:04:04PM -0700, Glenn Skinner wrote: > > ... > 4. Add '-V' option to nwamcfg's 'get' subcommand > Default output from the get command is 'propname=propval'. For > ease of scripting, the -V option outputs the value only. > > Example: > % nwamcfg "select wlan Asbury; get priority" > priority 0 > % nwamcfg "select wlan Asbury; get -V priority" > 0 > > The example lacks the "=" character. Is it supposed to be there, or > not?
No, it is not intended to be there; the example is correct. > Also, what stability level does this output have? (If you > intend it to be scriptable, it ought to be Committed...) The stability level is addressed in the following item, which you ask about next: > 5. Clarification of command-line output stability > PSARC 2008/532 incorrectly defined command-line output > stability to be Uncommitted; it should be Volatile. > > See above. You probably want to call out subcommands that are > intended to produce scriptable output and specify their output > stability separately. We have an RFE to further address scriptability in the command output, and when we do that, will specify appropriate stability. This particular change (the addtion of the -V option) was added specifically because the project is delivering some scripts (smf service methods) which benefitted from this option. -renee
