Exporting and importing by using a command utility

Use the command line utility to import and export definitions. The following topics describe the commands and options that you can use in the utility, with the help of sample scenarios:


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Use the following guidelines to run commands from the import-export command-line utility:

  • On a computer with Developer Studio installed locally, set the current directory to the directory that contains the Developer Studio executable. By default, the executable file is located in C:\Program Files\BMC Software\ARSystem\developerstudio. The commands must be run in this directory. File arguments without a directory path are created in the current directory.
  • Command-line import and export are provided by the DefinitionImport and DefinitionExport commands. These commands are implemented as Windows batch (.bat ) files.
  • Every command opens a separate AR System session, runs the command tasks, and logs out.
  • DefinitionImport and DefinitionExport parse options in the order they are listed in DefinitionExport-and-DefinitionImport-options. Options are interpreted in a predictable order and might not be executed in the order you enter them.
  • You cannot perform an action against two servers with one command. For example, you must issue two commands to export object definitions from one server and import them into another server.
  • Enclose arguments that contain blank spaces or symbols in quotation marks.
Warning

If the AR System server has Record Object Relationships enabled, the relationships are recorded as the objects are created during import. If you import a large application or many object definitions, the server might become highly loaded and unresponsive for a period of time.

 

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