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infx help

Use the infx help command to get information about service commands and parameters
 
infx help service= verbose=yes

examples

List a summary including all commands

infx help

List just commands for the instance service

demo1@bobii:/home/informix>infx help service=inst

>> cmd=inst func=new newinst [ config onconfig servernum sw ]
>> cmd=inst func=init inst squiggle
>> cmd=inst func=rm inst
>> cmd=inst func=idir inst sw
>> cmd=inst func=idirrm inst sw
>> cmd=inst func=ialias inst alias sw
>> cmd=inst func=ialiaschg inst alias sw

Shorten the command. You can shorten the service parameter to just "s=".

infx help s=space

List verbose help. Includes more details about each parameter.

demo1@bobii:/home/informix>infx help service=inst verbose=yes


>> cmd=inst func=new newinst [ config onconfig servernum sw ]
     create a new instance
       required:
         inst - instance name
         newinst - the new instance
       optional:
         config - the instance definition to use
         onconfig - the ONCONFIG definition to use
         servernum - number to assign to this instance (0-255)
         sw - informix software to use

>> cmd=inst func=init inst squiggle
     initialize instance and LOSE ALL DATA
       required:
         inst - instance name
         squiggle - you must squiggle

>> cmd=inst func=rm inst
     remove instance files and LOSE ALL DATA
       required:
         inst - instance name

>> cmd=inst func=idir inst sw
     change instance informix directory
       required:
         inst - instance name
         sw - informix software to use

>> cmd=inst func=idirrm inst sw
     remove informix directory
       required:
         inst - instance name
         sw - informix software to use

>> cmd=inst func=ialias inst alias sw
     create alias for an informix directory
       required:
         inst - instance name
         alias - alias name
         sw - informix software to use

>> cmd=inst func=ialiaschg inst alias sw
     change an informix directory alias
       required:
         inst - instance name
         alias - alias name
         sw - informix software to use