NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/next/sysadmin/4678

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ncar!csn!nugget.rmNUG.ORG!tssnext.rmNUG.ORG!bruce
From: [e-mail]
Subject:  Map your NetInfo
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To:  <[e-mail]> (Bruce Gingery)
Organization:  Total System Software
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 08:49:41 GMT
Lines: 53

I've used the following a number of times, to great advantage in checking
the status, and in one case, rebuilding the NetInfo database...  Perhaps
it will save someone else time and grief, as it has us...

===========[ cut here for dumpni* ]==========
#!/bin/sh
#
#  @(#)  FULL NUMERIC NODE DUMP of NetInfo
#
echo \"cannot read props: ID is invalid\" messages may be expected
echo \"cannot list props: ID is invalid\" messages may be expected
#  these (above) messages cannot be redirected
#
# Desired output filename on next line
a=./ni_dump.list
#
# Desired domain on next line, use "." for local domain.
m="."
#
#  If you have over 300 NetInfo nodes add to the following line
#  The above errormessages indicate that you've gone quite far enough
for h in 0 1 2
do
for d in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
for u in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
do
echo "============================="    2>&1 >> ${a}
echo NetInfo ${m} node: ${h}${d}${u}    2>&1 >> ${a}
echo    List \(as path position...\)    2>&1 >> ${a}
/usr/bin/niutil -list ${m} ${h}${d}${u} 2>&1 >> ${a}
echo    Read \(properties...\)          2>&1 >> ${a}
/usr/bin/niutil -read ${m} ${h}${d}${u} 2>&1 >> ${a}
done
done
done
==========================[ cut here ]===================

While this may not be the most efficient way, and certainly not the prettiest
way of recording your NetInfo, if you only use the NextAdmin tools, it might
just be a good precaution to get a recorded copy where you can refer back to
it at some later date.

If someone would like to post back a nice pretty-print version of this
please feel free :)  It should be fairly easy to convert this for rtf
or even PostScript output.

Bruce
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