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Re: [Networker] nsradmin - external editors are not yet supported

2008-04-09 10:14:16
Subject: Re: [Networker] nsradmin - external editors are not yet supported
From: Howard Martin <howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:09:47 -0400
Major retraction
I don't know what I thought I was doing last Friday but looking at it 
today then going into nsradmin then typing type:nsr does NOT put me into 
the vi editor.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:24:09 -0400, Howard Martin <howard.martin AT EDS DOT COM> 
wrote:

>you can get a similar effect by doing
>
>nsradmin
>nsradmin> type:nsr
>
>which throws me into vi for the server resource
>This also lets me do
>
>nsradmin>option hidden:on
>nsradmin>type:nsr
>
>to show the hidden resources, which I can't quickly figure out how to do
>on the cammand line.
>
>On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:34:40 +0100, Davina Treiber
><Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK> wrote:
>
>>McBeen, Ben wrote:
>>> I was trying to edit/view some of my configurations today, and got this
>>> error when running the command:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin>nsradmin "type:NSR jukebox"
>>> External editors are not yet supported
>>>
>>> Anyone have an idea of what this means... or how I get around it? I 
have
>>> found inferences that this is a new change, and that networker no 
longer
>>> accepts changes outside of the java console.
>>
>>Interesting. I have never seen nsradmin used in this way and when I
>>first saw your message I thought it was a typo. I tried it on a Linux
>>box running 7.2.1 (and also another Linux box running 7.4.1) and it
>>popped up a vi session with the resource in it - extremely nice, and
>>something I will remember for the future.
>>
>>However - I tried the same thing on a Windows box, also running 7.2.1,
>>and I got the same message as you. From this I draw the conclusion that
>>the syntax you are using is not supported on Windows, in the same way
>>that visual mode is not supported in Windows (and never has been).
>>
>>I don't think you are seeing something new, just a limitation of the
>>nsradmin implementation on a particular platform.
>>
>>However: at 7.3.x and above you cannot edit jukebox resources from
>>nsradmin anyway. Well you can, but the changes are ignored. I confess to
>>total ignorance about how this now works, can anyone enlighten me please?
>>
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