Device Update Agent Script Conventions
The Device Update Script must be created by using specific guidelines. The following lists show the rules to follow when you type characters into a source or input file:
Lexical conventions:
Follow these character set guidelines when you write a script for DUA:
Encoding
All source files must be encoded using ASCII.
White space
The blank, horizontal tab, new line, carriage return, form feed, and vertical tab formatting characters are collectively known as white-space characters. Use these characters to format the source file layout for visual clarity.
Line termination
The new line, carriage return, form feed and vertical tab characters cause line-termination. The character following the line-termination is considered the first character of the next line.
Do not exceed 4096 characters on a command line.
Comments
Begin a comment line in the source file with the characters '//'. Type the same characters at the end of each line.
Tokens
The characters that constitute the source file are collected into lexical tokens. Adjacent tokens can be separated by white space or comments.
Constants
Constants can be numeric or string constants. The following list shows the constants:
A numeric constant is a decimal integer value.
A string constant is a sequence of characters. A string constant can be empty. If a white-space character is significant in the context of the command, enclose it in double quotation marks.
The Device Update Agent script compiler supports the use of named constants. Named constants are specified within the command set reference. Parameters that are specified as both a name and as a value can be scripted by using the named constant.
For additional information about constants, see Constants.
You can use the bitwise OR operator (|) when expressing constants. This is useful for combining bit flags in a constant expression.
Command lines
A command line holds a single command. End-of-line markers separate commands. Each command line starts with a command, followed by one or more parameters separated by commas.
If a numeric command argument is not specified, the default value is used if a default value is specified; otherwise, zero is used.
If a non-numeric value is specified, where a numeric argument is expected, zero will be used.
See Also
Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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