Unsupported content This version of the product has reached end of support. The documentation is available for your convenience. However, you must be logged in to access it. You will not be able to leave comments.

Windows Command adapter

The Windows Command adapter is used to execute commands on a remote host running the Windows operating system.

This adapter must be enabled on a Windows-based system.

The Windows Command adapter can use the following common features. For details about these features, see Base adapter features.

  • Command Attributes: working-dir, command-dir, timeout-secs
  • FAT commands--command attributes:
    • encryption-type
    • disable-line-termination
    • is-special-character
    • os-id
    • os-version
  • Password Attribute: encryption-type
  • Multiple Configuration nodes
  • Dynamic Targets

Notes

  • The Windows Command adapter works only on peers that are running on a Windows-based computer.
  • To use the Windows Command adapter, the remote host must also be a Windows-based computer.

The Windows Command adapter can copy and execute scripts on a remote computer. The adapter uses a utility, xCmd, to execute a command on a Windows-based remote host. The utility then returns the results to the user. For more information, see xCmd-utility. 

The Windows Command adapter does not utilize the xCmd utility in the following cases:

  • When you specify an empty configuration and you do not specify a dynamic target in the adapter request
  • When you do not specify a host in the <target> block of the adapter configuration or the <host> tag in the dynamic target request

If you specify 127.0.0.1 or the host name of the local computer, the adapter uses the xCmd utility for executing the commands.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*