1  supplementary_commands
These commands allow you to perform the following tasks:

o  Read commands from files

o  Write results to files

o  Control confidence levels or timeout values

o  Customize the display of timestamps and nicknames

o  Specify a preferred clearinghouse to examine an attribute's value

o  Specify a default entity name

Use the do command or run @filename from inside DNSCP to read a file
of commands.

You can also create a dnscp initialization file if you want DECdns 
to execute a set of commands automatically when you start the control 
program.  For Ultrix, this file is .dnscpinit and resides in your home 
directory.  For OpenVMS, this file is dnscpinit. and resides in your 
login directory.

You can include any of the following supplementary commands in your
.dnscpinit file.
 

2  confidence
These commands set and display the confidence level of clerk calls.
Setting the confidence controls the accuracy level and cost of clerk
calls. The value of the confidence can be one of the following:
low, medium, or high. A low confidence level means the clerk obtains
information from caches or the most convenient server. A medium
level means the clerk obtains information directly from a server,
and a high level means the clerk obtains information only at master
replicas. The initial value is medium.

SYNOPSIS

     SET DNSCP CONFIDENCE [=] value

     SHOW DNSCP CONFIDENCE
 

3  example
The following command sets the confidence level of clerk calls to
high.

dns> set dnscp confidence high
 

2  nickname
These commands control the format in which namespace nicknames are
displayed in DNSCP. You can specify value as one of the following
units: time, hex, timestamp, name, or default. The initial setting
is the default value name.

SYNOPSIS

     SET DNSCP NICKNAME DISPLAY [=] value

     SHOW DNSCP NICKNAME DISPLAY
 

3  example
The following command sets the nickname to be displayed in the same
way as its namespace creation timestamp (NSCTS) is displayed:

dns> set dnscp nickname display timestamp
 

2  preferred_clearinghouse
These commands enable you to specify a clearinghouse from which to
read attribute values for entries stored in that clearinghouse. You
cannot specify a preferred clearinghouse for any modifications.

SYNOPSIS

     SET DNSCP PREFERRED CLEARINGHOUSE clearinghouse-name

     SHOW DNSCP PREFERRED CLEARINGHOUSE
 

3  example
The following command sets the preferred clearinghouse to .paris_ch.

dns> set dnscp preferred clearinghouse .paris_ch
 

2  timeout
These commands set and display the length of time, in seconds, that
the control program will wait for a clerk call to complete. You can
use this command to increase the timeout value if you are having
trouble with calls not completing. The SET DNSCP TIMEOUT command
sets the value as either a number of seconds or the word default,
which is 30 seconds for most operations. You can also use the value 0
to indicate the default value.

SYNOPSIS

     SET DNSCP TIMEOUT [=] value

     SHOW DNSCP TIMEOUT
 

3  example
The following command sets the timeout value to 60 seconds.

dns> set dnscp timeout 60
 

2  timestamp
These commands set and display the format of timestamps, which is
useful for troubleshooting or if you need to discover the timestamp
for a namespace. You can specify the value of the timestamp units
as time, hex, or default. The initial setting is the default value
time, a human-readable date and time.

SYNOPSIS

     SET DNSCP TIMESTAMP DISPLAY [=] value

     SHOW DNSCP TIMESTAMP DISPLAY
 

3  example
The following command causes the control program to display
timestamps in hexadecimal notation:

dns> set dnscp timestamp display hex