Chapter 44: Command Line Interface

You initiate the DPX command line interface by executing the BEX.exe program located in the bin subdirectory in your home directory. The server or client installation process installs it. After initiating, you can enter a BEX.exe command at the prompt to define and run jobs. Alternately, you can specify a command as an optional argument.

The commands are:

• backup define

• backup run

• restore define

• restore run

• restore report

• restore reportnext

• duplicate define

• duplicate run

These commands are described in detail in BEX Commands.

The backup define, restore define, and duplicate define commands have a required argument that points to a file called a definition file. The definition file contains job definition statements that are needed to specify a job. These statements are described in Job Definition Language.

Examples of defining and running various jobs are given in Examples of Command Line Interface.