Displays current information about the specified group.

 SYNOPSIS

      SHOW GROUP group-name [attribute-specifier]

      [prepositional-phrase]

 Arguments

 group-name

 A specific group name or a complete directory specification followed
 by a wildcard template for matching simple names of groups.

 attribute-specifier

 The name of an attribute or an attribute group. Enter one or more of
 the following attribute specifiers:

 all [attributes]
 all characteristics
 DNS$ACS
 DNS$CTS
 DNS$GroupRevoke
 DNS$Members
 DNS$UTS

 prepositional-phrase

 A phrase that affects the destination or content of command output.
 Specify one or more of the following prepositional phrases:

 with attribute [relop] value
 to file[=]filename
 to extend file[=]filename
 to terminal

 Description

 This command displays the names and values of the attributes or
 attribute groups named in attribute-specifier. You can use any
 combination of attribute specifiers in a single command. Use a
 comma to separate the specifiers. If you do not supply any attribute
 specifier, the command displays all attributes and their values.

 ACCESS RIGHTS
 You need read access to the group for which you want to display attribute
 information.

1  –  access

 Displays the access control set of a group.

 FORMAT

      SHOW GROUP group-name ACCESS [prepositional-phrase]

 Arguments

 group-name

 A specific group name or a complete directory specification followed
 by a wildcard template for matching simple names of groups.

 prepositional-phrase

 ACCESS RIGHTS
 You must have read access to the group.

1.1  –  example

 The following command displays the access control set of the group
 .eng.testgroup.

 dns> show group .eng.testgroup access

1.2  –  prepositional_phrases

 A phrase that affects the destination or content of command output.
 You can use one or more prepositional phrases. Be sure to precede
 each of the following prepositional phrases with a comma and a
 space:

 to file[=]filename                  Redirects the output to
                                     filename. If the file does not
                                     exist, this command creates
                                     it. If the file does exist, its
                                     contents are overwritten.
 to extend file[=]filename           Appends the output to an
                                     existing filename. If the file
                                     does not exist, it is created.

 to terminal                         Directs the output to the
                                     terminal. This is the default
                                     option.

2  –  attributes

 If you do not supply any attribute specifier, the command displays
 all attributes and their values.

 CHARACTERISTICS
 The following are descriptions of valid characteristics:

 DNS$ACS

 Specifies the access control set of the group.

 DNS$CTS

 Specifies the creation timestamp of this group.

 DNS$GroupRevoke

 Specifies a timeout that determines how long a positive result from
 a group membership test operation may be cached by the clerk that
 issued the request.

 DNS$Members

 Specifies the DECdns full name of each member of the group. Members
 are specified as a group name, a collection of principals denoted
 with wildcards (for example, .org.name*), or an individual name
 in the format nodename.username. To specify a DNS Version 1-style
 principal, use the format nodename::username.

 DNS$UTS

 Specifies the timestamp of the most recent update to an attribute of
 the group.

3  –  example

 The following command displays the full name of each member of the
 group .sales_group1.

 dns> show group .sales_group1 DNS$members

4  –  prepositional_phrases

 You can affect the destination or content of command output by using
 prepositional phrases. Be sure to precede each of the following
 prepositional phrases with a comma and a space:

 with attribute [relop] value

 When used with a wildcard group-name, limits the output only to
 directories whose specified attributes have certain values.

 to file[=]filename

 Redirects the output to filename. If the file does not exist,
 this command creates it. If the file does exist, its contents are
 overwritten.

 to extend file[=]filename

 Appends the output to an existing filename. If the file does not
 exist, it is created.

 to terminal

 Directs the output to the terminal. This is the default option.