smiquery(1) SMI Tools smiquery(1)
NAME
smiquery - query single information from SMI MIB modules
SYNOPSIS
smiquery [ -Vh ] [ -p module ] command name
DESCRIPTION
The smiquery program is used to query information on a single item from an MIB module, e.g. module meta information or a single type defi-
nition.
OPTIONS
-V, --version
Show the smiquery version and exit.
-h, --help
Show a help text and exit. The help text lists all available commands.
-p module, --preload module
Preload the module module before reading the main module. This may be helpful if an incomplete main module misses to import some
definitions.
command name
This specifies the kind of information to retrieve (module, imports, revisions, node, parent, compliance, index, members, children,
type, or macro) and the item to retrieve.
The module in question is searched along a path, which is initialized by the SMIPATH environment variable or by /usr/share/mibs if SMIPATH
is not set. Files with a .sming extension are expected to be (old-style!) SMIng module files. Files with a .my or without any extension are
expected to be SMIv1/v2 module files.
EXAMPLE
This example queries for information on the node ifNumber defined in the module IF-MIB.
$ smiquery node IF-MIB::ifNumber
MibNode: IF-MIB::ifNumber
OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.1
Type: Integer32
Declaration: OBJECT-TYPE
NodeKind: scalar
Access: read-only
Status: current
Description: The number of network interfaces (regardless of their
current state) present on this system.
SEE ALSO
The libsmi(3) project is documented at http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/libsmi/.
AUTHOR
(C) 1999-2004 F. Strauss, TU Braunschweig, Germany <strauss@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
IBR
August 10, 2004 smiquery(1)
