AFS::Utils(3pm)

NAME

AFS::Utils - Shared utility functions for the AFS module bundle

SYNOPSIS

use AFS::Utils qw (
                  XSVERSION get_server_version get_syslib_version
                  setpag sysname unlog
                  );

my $ok = setpag();
print "Return Code = $ok\n";

print 'XS-Version = ', XSVERSION, "\n";
print 'Syslib Version = ', get_syslib_version, "\n";
print 'Server Version = ', get_server_version('pts', 'ibm-1'), "\n";

my $sysname = sysname;

unlog;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides several utility functions for the AFS module bundle. You can retrieve the version number for the underlying AFS system libraries, for the XS module, and for the AFS server processes. And it contains several commands that do not belong to any AFS command suites like creating a new PAG or retrieving and setting the
CPU/operating system type. Any function required must by explicitly
listed by the "use" statement to be exported into the calling package.

COMPATIBILITY

This release does NOT support any features and interfaces from version 1.

EXPORTS

Standard Exports
none
Optional Exports
The following functions will be exported into your namespace if you
specifically ask that they be imported.
$version = XSVERSION;
Reports the version number of the underlying XS file.
$version = get_server_version(SERVER [, HOST [, VERBOSE]]);
Reports the version number of the SERVER process running at HOST
(default localhost). If VERBOSE (default 0) is set to 1 some
program trace is printed.
$version = get_syslib_version;
Reports the version number of the underlying AFS system library.
$ok = setpag;
Creates a new command shell (owned by the issuer of the command)
and associates a new process authentication group (PAG) with the
shell and the user. A PAG is a number guaranteed to identify the
issuer of commands in the new shell uniquely to the local Cache
Manager.
$sysname = sysname([NEWSYSNAME]);
Reports the CPU/operating system type or sets the CPU/operating
system type to NEWSYSNAME.
unlog;
Discards all of the issuer's tokens.

CURRENT AUTHOR

Norbert E. Gruener <nog@MPA-Garching.MPG.de>..SH "AUTHOR EMERITUS"
Roland Schemers <schemers@slapshot.stanford.edu>..SH "COPYRIGHT AND
DISCLAIMER"
X 2001-2008 Norbert E. Gruener <nog@MPA-Garching.MPG.de>.
All rights reserved.
X 1994 Board of Trustees, Leland Stanford Jr. University.
All rights reserved.
Most of the explanations in this document are taken from the original AFS documentation.
AFS-3 Programmer's Reference:
File Server/Cache Manager Interface
Edward R. Zayas
X 1991 Transarc Corporation.
All rights reserved.
IBM AFS Administration Reference
X IBM Corporation 2000.
All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The original module is covered by the following copyright:
Copyright (c) 1994 Board of Trustees, Leland Stanford Jr.
University
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
advertising materials, and other materials related to such
distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed by Stanford University. The name of the University may not be
used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS
PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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