dadHost servername type port dataflow [-urbwgkmz]

• The string servername either contains the name of the host where the server is expected to be running or the name of a local UNIX socket filename. If a pipe or file is the specified connection this name refers to the unix file name.
• The type is either:
  • 'INET' for a internet socket connection,
  • 'UNIX' for a local unix socket connection,
  • 'RFIL' for reading from a dad file,
  • 'WFIL' for writing to a dad file,
  • 'RPIP' for reading from a dad pipe,
  • 'WPIP' for writing to a dad pipe.
• The port contains the port number of the external host where the server is listening for clients or 0 in the case of a local connection.
• The next argument dataflow gives the ADAMO name of the dataflow you want to access.
• The flags specify the operation mode for the database access. You may use
  • -r for reading information from the server,
  • -w for writing information to the server,
  • -u for the updating scheme,
  • -b for booking new information on the server,
  • -g if the Adamo tables should be generated while connecting to the server,
  • -k for access to the keytable,
  • -m open connection in multi mode,
  • -z switch on compression.

• Return value: -

See also:

• Dad manual entry,
• dadInit,
• dadConnect.

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