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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
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  4. NetBackup command conventions
Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

NetBackup command conventions

This document uses the following conventions when describing commands that are specific to NetBackup.

Run the following commands in the "Command Prompt" to see the results.

  • The -help (-h) option prints a command line usage message when it is the only option on the command line. For example:

    bpclient -help
  • Brackets [ ] indicate that the enclosed component of the command line is optional.

  • Curly braces {} indicate an association between the enclosed options. For example, {opt1 [opt2 ... optn]} means that if the command contains opt1, then the command may optionally contain opt2 ... optn.

  • A vertical bar (or the pipe symbol) | separates optional arguments from which the user can choose. For example, if a command has the following format, you can choose arg1 or arg2 (but not both):

    command [ arg1 | arg2 ]
  • Italics indicate that the information is user supplied. For example, the user supplies policy, schedule, and filename in the following command:

    bpbackup -p policy -s schedule filename
  • An ellipsis (...) means that you can repeat the previous parameter. For example, consider the following command:

    bpbackup [-S master_server [,master_server,...]] filename

    Here, the -S option requires the first master server name. Additional names can be added, separated by commas and followed by a file name as in:

    bpbackup -S mars,coyote,shark,minnow memofile.doc

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