B.0 Using the TBX NLM Program

This section documents the TBX NLMâ„¢ program and the commands that might be useful when managing a NetWare server.

TBX.NLM provides provided various DOS-like commands at the NetWare server console.

When you are using this utility, we recommend loading, using it, and then unloading it because the commands it uses conflict with bash.

To see a list of commands available, load TBX.NLM then enter ?, tools, or man at the server console to see the following:

Usage: tools command

Enter any of the commands at the system console prompt without arguments to see its syntax. For example, entering cp displays:

Usage: cp [-r] [-v] source destination

The following is a list of common commands that you might use.

Table B-1 Common TBX Command

Category

Task

NetWare

Alias

File

Modify the attributes of a file or directory

attrib

chmod

File

Copy a file to a destination

copy

cp

File

Remove a file or directory del

del

rm or rmdir

File

List files to the screen

dir

ls

File

Move or rename a file system entry

move

mv

File

Move or rename a file system entry

ren

mv

File

Display a file in a hexadecimal

dump

od

File

Display a file on the screen type (cat) -

type

cat

Directory

Change the current working directory

cd

chdir

Directory

Create a subdirectory mkdir (md) -

md

md

Directory

Remove a directory

mrdir

rd

Directory

Print current working directory to the screen

pwd

 

OS

Sleep for a specified period of time

sleep

 

Number

Convert a decimal number to hexadecimal

dtx

 

Number

Convert a hexadecimal number to decimal

xtd