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Chapter 3
Using the APGEN Utility
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The APGEN utility creates an ASCII text file from a compressed or an uncompressed binary parameter file.
This script file contains a list of DEFINE commands that specify the characteristics of features and
protocols available on a terminal server. You can use this script file to do the following:
• Maintain a record of features and protocols available on a terminal server, and their status
• Update parameter files of several terminal servers from a central location
• Compare it with other script files to determine the differences between the parameter files of two
terminal servers or the old and new parameter file of the same server
You can also generate scripts that include only those commands that define particular features and protocols.
These limited scripts provide an efficient way of updating portions of a parameter file, and allow you to
determine the status of a feature or protocol quickly and easily.
This chapter includes the following information about how to create an APGEN file, edit it, and execute it
on a terminal server:
• Using the apgen command and options
• Creating the APGEN script file
• Editing the script file to modify command lines
• Executing the APGEN script file
• Updating APGEN script files
This chapter assumes that you have installed the APGEN utility on a UNIX host. Chapter 2 describes the
installation procedure in detail. Chapter 4 describes how to use UNIX utilities to compare and search
through script files.