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getnext(ADMN)


getnext -- management utility that retrieves variables from an SNMP entity

Syntax

getnext [ -f defns_file ] entity_addr community_string variable_name
[ variable_name ] ...

Description

getnext is an SNMP application to retrieve a set of individual variables from an SNMP entity using a GET-NEXT request. The arguments are the entity's address, the community string for access to the SNMP entity, and the variable name(s) expressed as either dot-notation or the variable name as it appears in the MIB document.

The optional argument -f is used to specify a file containing the mosy(ADMN) and post_mosy(ADMN) compiled list of object names and their numeric Object Identifiers, in addition to the objects in the standard MIB. This allows the user to dynamically augment the number of objects that can be recognized by the management utility.

It should be noted that since the function utilizes the powerful GET-NEXT operator, the variable returned will be a fully qualified object identifier lexicographically greater than that which was entered. For instance:

getnext suzzy public system interfaces

would return the variables sysDescr.0 and ifNumber.0.

getnext -f cisco.objects cisco_box public romId domainName

would return the variables romId.0 and domainName.0.

See also

getid(ADMN), getmany(ADMN), getmet(ADMN), getone(ADMN), getroute(ADMN), getsub(ADMN), mosy(ADMN), post_mosy(ADMN), setany(ADMN), snmpd(ADMN), snmpd.conf(SFF), snmpd.comm(SFF), snmpd.peers(SFF), snmpd.trap(SFF), snmpstat(ADMN), trap_rece(ADMN), trap_send(ADMN)

Standards conformance

getnext is conformant with:

RFC 1155 (STD 16), RFC 1156, RFC 1157 (STD 15), RFC 1213 (STD 17), RFC 1227, RFC 1231, RFC 1354, RFC 1398, RFC 1389, RFC 1471, RFC 1473


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