Prerequisites for configuring at the command line

Before you configure the PATROL Agent at the command line, ensure that you have performed the following tasks:

• You have reviewed and understood Configuring-the-PATROL-Agent
• You know the change files you want to use (if any).
• You have manually changed the variables that you needed to change in the change files (if any).
• You have started the PATROL Agent. For more information about starting the agent, see Starting-and-stopping-the-PATROL-Agent
• For Windows, you have set the variable called PATROL_HOME.
• For UNIX, you have run one of the following scripts from the PATROL installation directory to set the variable called:
  >. ./patrolrc.sh (for Korn and Bourne shell)
  > source .patrolrc (for C shell)