Administrative tool command syntax

-option

All command options start with a minus sign (-). Command options are either mandatory or optional. See the following discussion.

|

An upright bar indicates a Boolean OR. For example, A | B | C means A or B or C.

{ ... }

A set of curly braces indicates a set of mutually exclusive choices. You must chose one (and only one) item from a set of choices. For example, { A | B | C } indicates you must choose either A or B or C, but not more than one of the listed options.

arguments

Specifies the arguments required by a tool option such as a file name or directory, for example, import_tools ... -import file.

...

A series of dots after the argument indicates that you can enter multiple items of the same type. For example, -import file ... indicates that you can enter multiple file names (file) after the -import argument.

[ ... ]

A set of square brackets indicates that the argument is optional. For example, [-user] indicates that the command permits you to set a user value (-user), but does not require that you set this value.

In contrast, an argument not enclosed in square brackets indicates that an argument is mandatory. For example, for all the administrative commands, the -password argument is mandatory. Thus, the command syntax does not surround the -password argument by square brackets.