1  IMPORT
   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 


2  Qualifiers
 

/INPUT

   /INPUT=file-name

   Specifies a name of the file to import. The default input file
   name is REGISTRY.TXT.

/LOG

   Displays the import progress to the screen.
 

/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. 
 

/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.