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Chapter 4: Source Integrity Interfaces
Command Line Interface
Viewing
Available CLI
Commands
Using the
Graphical User
Interface From
the CLI
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Once a filter is applied to a project, operations performed on project
members apply only to those members shown as a result of the filter. For
example, if you apply the filter for Members at State and then perform a
Member > Lock operation for that project, the lock operation applies only to
those members shown by the Members at State filter.
Source Integrity provides a command line interface (CLI) to manage your
projects, sandboxes, and members, and to configure Source Integrity. To
access the command line interface from a computer running Windows,
from the Start menu select MS-DOS Prompt or Command Prompt
(depending on the version of Windows).
The command line interface, or CLI, is a program that allows a user to
enter keywords as instructions to a computer or device to perform specific
tasks. (The MS-DOS® Command Prompt is an example of a CLI.) Results
are typically outputted as simple text to the user’s terminal.
The Source Integrity Enterprise Edition CLI Reference Guide and man pages
provide complete information about all Source Integrity commands and
their options.
NOTE
If you are using the command line interface with a Linux, Solaris, AIX, or
HP-UX client, you must manually add /bin/ to your
default PATH, located in your home directory startup files.
If you are working within the sandbox directory where you want to perform
commands you do not need to specify the sandbox name in the command
options.
You can view available Source Integrity commands by typing si.
To view a list of a command’s options, add -? or --usage to the end of the
command, for example, si connect -?.
In addition to using the command line interface by itself, you can also
combine the graphical user interface with commands entered in the
command line interface. This can be useful if you prefer to perform certain
operations in the command line interface and others in the graphical user
interface.
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