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.

1  –  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

1.1  –  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

2.1  –  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

3  –  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

3.1  –  example

 The following command sets the preferred clearinghouse to .paris_ch.

 dns> set dnscp preferred clearinghouse .paris_ch

4  –  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

4.1  –  example

 The following command sets the timeout value to 60 seconds.

 dns> set dnscp timeout 60

5  –  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

5.1  –  example

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

 dns> set dnscp timestamp display hex