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  • 1.  Altiris commands for scripting

    Posted Jan 20, 2009 07:29 PM
    Hi

    I need to find information on altiris to help with scripting (newbie)
    Commands such as "firm" and "replace tokens", looked in altiris admin document but that mainly explains about the functions.

    I need to be able find info where i can see which altiris commands are avaiable.

    Please point me to some useful sites

    Thanks


  • 2.  RE: Altiris commands for scripting

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 01:15 AM
    As this is could get lengthy, it might be easier if you post what you are looking to do. firm allows you to copy files from an automation boot to your production (OS) partition. I use it to "inject" drivers and the correct HAL for the machine I am imaging. You can also use the firm command to remove files from the production partition. Examples are below from my linux scripts:

    firm -recurse ./drivers/d630 prod:\drivers
    firm delete prod:\windows\system32\hal.dll
    firm copy ./drivers/hal/halmacpi.dll prod:\windows\system32\hal.dll

    I personally don't do anything with tokens, but depending on what you goals are, they can be very helpful. Some of the commands (such as firm) have extensive help if you type the command with nothing after it.



  • 3.  RE: Altiris commands for scripting

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 04:30 AM
    Your question is a little general and as such hard to answer here. Like bhwaver said if you tell us exactly what you're looking to do it would help us answer you much better. Also a good place to start would be with the DS Users Guide to give you a general idea of how DS works.