Running the Scout Command Interface

Running SCMD for direct execution of commands

Requires Some commands require a file containing the data to be processed.This file must be located in the program directory or contain a fully-qualified path.

1. Open the Windows command line and change to the Scout program directory.
2. Enter the following command:
   scmd -u[ser] Username -p[assword] Password [-d[omain] Domain] Command [Options] [File]

Running SCMD for execution of file processing commands

Requires The structured files must be prepared and located in the program directory or specified with a fully-qualified path.

1. Open the Windows command line and change to the Scout program directory.

2. Enter the following command:
   scmd -u[ser] Username -p[assword] Password [-d[omain] Domain] <file name 1> <file name 2> <file name 3>
   You can specify any number of files.

   To use pass-through authentication, skip the user specification.

The program SCMD uses the database access data entered during the Scout Enterprise Management Suite installation and a dynamically created user DSN to connect to the Scout database.

For the file processing commands, the files are processed in the order they have been entered.the file names contain wildcards, they are put in alphabetical order.

Showing the version of the Scout Command Interface

1. Open the Windows command line and change to the Scout program directory.
2. Enter the following command: scmd -v
   

Showing help

1. Open the Windows command line and change to the Scout program directory.
2. Enter the command scmd without parameters.

The command syntax and optional parameters are displayed.