add directory(8cds)

Synopsis

cdscp add directory directory-name attribute-name = attribute-value

Arguments

directory-name
The full name of the directory.

attribute-name
The name of a particular attribute. Specify only one attribute at a time. See the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components for the list of attributes that your application uses.

attribute-value
The value of a particular attribute. The value of an application-defined attribute depends on the type of attribute. See the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components for the list of attributes and corresponding data types that your application uses. If you enter a byte data type, you must enter an even number of digits. You can only enter pairs of hexadecimal values for user-defined attributes.

Description
The add directory command adds a value to a modifiable, set-valued attribute (including application-defined attributes of a directory. If the attribute does not exist, this command creates it. Usually, this task is performed through the client application. See the DCE Administration Guide for more information about attributes.

Privileges Required
You must have w (write) permission to the directory.

Notes
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

Examples
To add the value ontario to the attribute myname of a directory named /.:/sales, see the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components to verify that the attribute shown in the following display exists:

OID LABEL SYNTAX
1.3.22.1.3.91 myname char

Enter the following command to assign the value ontario to the attribute myname:

cdscp> add directory /.:/sales myname = ontario

Related Information
Commands:

remove directory(8cds)
show directory(8cds)

Book: OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components