>Hello all,
>
>
>I am working on a script (the current one is in perl, but I get the =
same
>results in a ksh script) that processes information from DSMADMC in =
batch
>mode, but am having a problem getting the output to come out the way I =
want
>it. For example, if I run the following command in interactive mode, I =
get
>the output formatted as shown:
>
>adsm> query node abc* format=3Ddetailed
>
>                     Node Name: ABCDWS03A
>                      Platform: (?)
>            Policy Domain Name: ABC_DOMAIN
>         Last Access Date/Time: 01/13/1997 17:11:04
>        Days Since Last Access: 10
>        Password Set Date/Time: 01/13/1997 17:11:04
>       Days Since Password Set: 123
>                       Locked?: No
>                and so on.....
>
>But when I run the same command in batch mode within the perl script or
just
>redirect it to a file, I get the long column type output which is =
difficult
>to process in a script due to the line continuations:
>
>Node Name      Platform     Policy           Last    and so on....
>                            Domain          Access
>                            Name          Date/Time
>------------   --------     ---------     ----------
>ABCDWS03A      (?)          ABC_DOMA-     01/13/1997 and so on....
>                             IN            17:11:04
>
>
>I realize that it automatically formats the output based on how much =
room
it
>has, but I was wondering if there is an option to configure the output
>format or fool it into thinking that it has a small output window. Or =
is
>there a better way to get this information?
>
>I originally tried this on a Sun Solaris 7 client, but have had the =
same
>results on an NT 4.0 client. The server version is 2, Release 1, Level
5.19.
>
>Any help would be appreciated,
>
>Patrick Varney, MCSE
>Pacific Gas & Electric Company
>Fairfield, CA, USA
>707.436.2823