Displays the knowledge in the clerk's cache about a server that
 exists across a wide area network (WAN).

 SYNOPSIS

      SHOW [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK MANUAL NAMESERVER name

      [attribute-specifier] [prepositional-phrase]

 Arguments

 node-id

 The name of the node. If you do not specify a node name, the local
 node is assumed.

 name

 The name of the manual nameserver entity that you want to show. It
 can contain wildcard characters.

 attribute-specifier

 The name of an attribute or an attribute group. Enter one or more of
 the following attribute specifiers:

 all [attributes]
 all characteristics
 all counters
 all identifiers
 all status
 Creation Time
 Failed Solicits
 Last Solicit
 Name
 Successful Solicits
 Towers
 UID

 prepositional-phrase

 A phrase that affects the content of command output. Specify the
 following prepositional phrase:

 with attribute [relop] value

 Description

 This command displays the names and values from the attributes or
 attribute groups named in attribute-specifier. You can also enter
 this command through the NCL interface. You can use any combination
 of attribute specifiers in a single command. Use a comma to separate
 the specifiers. If you do not supply any attribute specifier, the
 command displays all identifiers and their values.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$EXAMINE rights identifier on a VMS system. No
 special privileges are required on an ULTRIX system.

1  –  attributes

 The following are descriptions of valid characteristics, counters,
 identifiers, and status attributes:

 CHARACTERISTICS

 Towers

 Specifes the DECnet/OSI address of the server that this entity
 represents.

 UID

 Uniquely identifies the entity.

 COUNTERS

 Creation Time

 Specifies the time at which the clerk created knowledge of this
 server in its cache.

 Successful Solicits

 The number of times the clerk made a successful solicit connection
 to the server and received clearinghouse advertisement data back.

 Failed Solicits

 The number of times solicitation of clearinghouse advertisement data
 from the nameserver failed.

 IDENTIFIER

 Name

 Specifies an external, human-readable name by which the nameserver
 can be identified.

 STATUS ATTRIBUTE

 Last Solicit

 Indicates the time at which the clerk last tried to solicit this
 nameserver.

2  –  prepositional_phrases

 You can affect the content of command output by using prepositional
 phrases. Be sure to precede the following prepositional phrase with
 a comma and a space:

 with attribute [relop] value

 When used with a wildcard name, limits the output only to
 directories whose specified attributes have certain values.

3  –  example

 The following command displays the Name attribute of the manual
 nameserver rns.

 dns> show dns clerk manual nameserver rns Name