Procedure Information

Command

The following commands output the procedure information:

To return the procedure information:

plist -p [nodename]

To return additional information about the total number of cases for each procedure:

plist -pX

To return additional procedure information about Version, StartStep, and Directory:

plist -pv

To return additional procedure information about NumCase, CurCases, and DedCases:

plist -pvX

Returns

The plist -p, plist -pX, plsit -pvX and plist -pv commands return the following information.

Column

Description

Owner

The owner of the procedure.

Number

The information in this column is displayed in the reference_number:time_number format, where:

reference_number is the unique reference number.
time_number is the number of times the record has been used.

Flags

The meaning for each flag is:

N networks.
a admin functions.
s start cases.
I this procedure is a Sub-procedure.
H this procedure has a Sub-procedure.
m management reports.
M Management reports exist.
P Auto purge ON.
W Working days.
h hidden case description.
o optional case description.
0 field addressee NA.
T this procedure is a template.
:WTH this procedure is withdrawn.
:REL this procedure is released.
:UNR this procedure is unreleased.
:INC this procedure is incomplete.
:MOD this procedure is a model.
:WIC WITHDRAWN_INC.
:DEL this procedure is deleted.

Name

The name of the procedure.

Description

The description of the procedure.

NumCase

Displayed if the plist -pX command is used.

The latest started case number.

Version

Displayed if the plist -pv or plist -pvX command is used.

This column displays the procedure version number in X:Y format, where:

X is the major version number.
Y is the minor version number.

StartStep

Displayed if the plist -pv or plist -pvX command is used.

The name of the start step for the procedure.

CurCases

Displayed if the plist -pvX command is used.

The total number of cases in a procedure.

DedCases

Displayed if the plist -pvX command is used.

The total number of dead cases in a procedure.

Example

The following examples show the output procedure information of the commands.

Input the SWDIR/util/plist -p command. The output is shown as follows.
Owner     Number   Flags            Name     Description
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Administ 1:1 -----------P-:REL $EMAIL Electronic Mail
Administ 3:1 -H----------W:REL TESTFUL Automated Test Framework
Administ 4:1 --I---------W:REL TESTPRC1 Automated Test Proc
Input the SWDIR/util/plist -pX command. The output is shown as follows.
Owner   Number Flags             Name    Description     NumCases
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Administ 1:1 -----------P-:REL $EMAIL Electronic Mail 0
Administ 2:1 -----------P-:REL $SYSTEM System Info 0
Administ 3:1 ------------W:INC TP1 0
Administ 4:1 ------------W:INC TEST 0
Input the SWDIR/util/plist -pv command. The output is shown as follows.
Name     Flags             Version  StartStep Directory
-------------------------------------------------------
$EMAIL -----------P-:REL 0:0 MESSAGE1 $email.p
$SYSTEM -----------P-:REL 0:0 SYSINFO $system.p
TESTFUL -H----------W:REL 0:0 FULSCR01 testful.p
TESTPRC1 --I---------W:REL 0:1 START testprc1.p
Input the SWDIR/util/plist -pvX command. The output is shown as follows.
Name  Flags          Version StartStep Directory NumCaseCurCasesDedCases
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$EMAIL -----------P-:REL 0:0 MESSAGE1 $email.p 0 0 0
$SYSTEM-----------P-:REL 0:0 SYSINFO $system.p 0 0 0
TP1 ------------W:INC 0:0 tp1.p 0 0 0
TEST ------------W:INC 0:0 test.p 0 0 0