Allows a user to import a text-formatted file (created by the EXPORT command) into an OpenVMS Registry database. You can also import a Windows NT Export Registry File into an OpenVMS Registry database. CONVERSION OF WINDOWS NT BINARY VALUES You can import Windows NT resource descriptors (such as configuration data) into the OpenVMS Registry database even though OpenVMS does not support NT resource descriptors. The system displays a message when importing NT resource descriptors and converts them to the binary data type. This command requires the SYSPRV privilege. Format: IMPORT
1 – Qualifiers
1.1 /INPUT
/INPUT=file-name Specifies a name of the file to import. The default input file name is REGISTRY.TXT.
1.2 /LOG
Displays the import progress to the screen.
1.3 /WAIT
/WAIT=seconds (default = 90) /NOWAIT Specifies the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that you are willing to wait for command completion. If the Registry server does not complete the request in the specified interval, REG$CP returns REG-F-NORESPONSE. The default interval is 90 seconds. /NOWAIT is equivalent to specifying /WAIT=0, but there may still be a short wait period.
1.4 /WRITEBEHIND
/WRITEBEHIND /NOWRITEBEHIND (default) Specifies when the information can be written to disk. /WRITEBEHIND specifies that the information can be written to disk later. /NOWRITEBEHIND specifies write-through operation (that is, the information must be written to disk immediately).
2 – Examples
REG> IMPORT /LOG /INPUT=TUES_VERSION.TXT The IMPORT command in this example logs the progress of the import to the screen as the system imports the TUES_VERSION.TXT file.