catds

Purpose

Use the catds command to list the contents of a dataset file created with the mkds command.

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Prerequisites

You must have the display administrative domain's configuration right to use the catds command.

Syntax

catds::=

catds dataset-file-name ...

Semantics

dataset-file-name ...: Specifies the name of a dataset file. Refer to "dataset-file-name" for a descriptions of the dataset-file-name placeholder.

Example

Example 2-9 displays the contents of the dataset file named basicsummary.ds, which is a sample dataset file included with Oracle Secure Backup.

Example 2-9 Displaying the Contents of a Dataset

ob> catds basicsummary.ds
#  SAMPLES/basicsummary, pfg, 03/01/02
#  review of basic dataset statements

#  This dataset ties together all of the features introduced
#  thusfar. It describes the root file systems and a couple of
#  specific directories on the /home file system of each host.
#  For each directory tree, it excludes any file ending in
#  ".a" and ".o".

include dataset admin/default_rules # get domain defaults from
                                    # this file

include host sporky                 # back up these 3 hosts,
include host sparky
include host spunky

include path /                      # saving these file systems and
include path /home/software         # directories on each host
include path /home/doc

include optional pathlist /pl.qr    # read additional names from
                                    # this pathlist file on each
                                    # named host, if it exists

exclude name *.a                    # but in each tree, don't save
                                    # files ending
exclude name *.o                    # in these suffixes