Creates a child pointer at the master replica of the parent directory. When DECdns looks up a name in the namespace, it uses child pointers to locate directory replicas. SYNOPSIS CREATE CHILD child-name CLEARINGHOUSE clearinghouse-name ARGUMENTS child-name The full name of the child pointer. clearinghouse-name The name of a clearinghouse that contains a replica of the child directory. NOTE The create child command should be used only to re-create a child pointer that was accidentally deleted. ACCESS RIGHTS You must have read access to the orphaned child directory and write access to parent directory of the orphaned child directory. PRIVILEGES REQUIRED You must have system administrator's privileges.
1 – example
The following command creates the child pointer for the .sales.east directory in the .ny_ch clearinghouse. dns> create child .sales.east clearinghouse .ny_ch