Use the wrcmdpcr command to connect
to a target and run a non-interactive command-line command.
About this task
You can specify the command that you want to run on the
target, and the output from that command is displayed on the computer
that the command is started from. This command can be useful for debugging
a target when you do not have access to the IBM® BigFix® Remote Control Server user
interface.
To start a command on a target, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- At a command prompt, go to the directory where you installed
the command-line tools.
- Type in the following command
wrcmdpcr user:password Rctarget command [argument ...]
- user:password
- Use to specify a valid user ID and password that you would use
to log on to the IBM BigFix Remote Control Server.
- Rctarget
- Use to specify the computer name or the IP address of the target
that you want to connect to and run a command on. It has the following
syntax:
@Endpoint:<computername or ipaddress>
- command
- Use to specify a command that runs from the command line. For
commands that are built into the operating system's shell and do not
have a binary executable file. For example, dir or tree in a Windows™ operating system. In
a Linux™ operating system, cd or echo.
You must also add the command shell command.
- Windows systems
- You must type cmd /c before the command.
For more information, seeExamples of usage.
For example, cmd
/c dir
- Linux systems
- You must type sh -c before the command. For
more information, see Examples of usage.
Note:
- The command that you run must be specific to the operating system
that is running on the target. If you are entering the command from
a Windows computer to a target
that has a Linux operating system installed,
you must specify the Linux command.
- If you are entering the command from a Linux computer to a target that has a Windows operating system installed
and you are using path names in the argument, you must use a double
backslash in the argument. For example, \\windows.
- The command that you want to run must be in the PATH statement
of the target, otherwise the full path to the command must be used.
- argument
- Use to provide arguments for the command that you want to run
on the target.
