NetWare workstation utilities

CX

View/change context or view containers and leaf objects in your tree structure.

Synopsis

CX [new_context] [/R] [/T | /CONT | /A] [/C][/?| /VER]

Description

Use CX at a workstation to view or change your context or view containers and leaf objects in your tree structure.

Options

Used with no options, CX displays the current context.

new_context: Move to a new context or specify the context you want for an option.
/R: List containers at the root level, or change context in relation to the root.
/T: List containers below the current context or a specified context in a tree structure.
/CONT: List containers at the current context or a specified context in a vertical list with no structure.
/A: Include all objects at or below the context. Use with /T or /CONT.
/C: Scroll continuously through output.
/?: View online help. (Other parameters are ignored).
/VER: View the version number of the utility and the list of files it uses to execute. (Other parameters are ignored.)

Usage

CX is similar to the DOS CD and DIR commands in that CX allows you to change contexts and view all objects below a given container.

To set your new context from the root directory:

place a period in front of the new context you type
enter the proper number of trailing periods to reach the root level
use the root option

CX does not recognize spaces in object names. If you have spaces in container names, put quotation marks around the names or use underscores ``_'' in place of the spaces.

For example, for container CORPORATE ADMIN, type ``Corporate Admin'' or ``Corporate_Admin''.

You might need to use CX before logging in to set your context to the same value as the name context specified in your NET.CFG file.

Examples

To display the current context, type:

CX
To back up one level in the directory tree, type:

CX .
To move down from COMPANYB two levels to make your context SYS.ENG.COMPANYB, type:

CX SYS.ENG
To change your current context from TEST.COMPANYB.US to SYS.MKTG.COMPANYB.US, type:

CX .SYS.MKTG.COMPANYB.US
or

CX .
CX SYSTEM
To change to the root when your context is TEST.COMPANYB, type:

CX . . .
or

CX /R
To change complete context from TEST.COMPANYB to TEST.COMPANYA, type:

CX .TEST.COMPANYA
To show all containers in the current context, type:

CX /CONT