ZOOMSH(1)

NAME
zoomsh - ZOOM shell

SYNOPSIS

zoomsh [commands...]

DESCRIPTION

 zoomsh is a ZOOM client with a simple command line interface. The client demonstrates the ZOOM API and is useful for testing targets.

You may pass one or more commands to zoomsh. These commands are invoked first.

EXAMPLES

If you start the yaz-ztest in one console you can use the ZOOM shell as follows:

    $ zoomsh ZOOM>connect localhost:9999 ZOOM>search computer localhost:9999: 7 hits ZOOM>show 0 1 1 Default USmarc 001 11224466 003 DLC 005 00000000000000.0 008 910710c19910701nju 00010 eng 010 $a 11224466 040 $a DLC $c DLC 050 00 $a 123-xyz 100 10 $a Jack Collins 245 10 $a How to program a computer 260 1 $a Penguin 263 $a 8710 300 $a p. cm. ZOOM>quit

You can also achieve the same result by passing the commands as arguments on a single command line:

 $ zoomsh "connect localhost:9999" "search computer" "show 0 1" quit

COMMANDS

connect zurl
    Connects to the target given by zurl.

close [zurl]
    Closes connection to target given by zurl or all targets if zurl was omitted.

show [start [count]]
    Displays count records starting at offset given by start. First records has offset 0 (unlike the Z39.50 protocol).

quit
    Quits zoomsh.

set name [value]
    Sets option name to value.

get name
    Prints value of option name.

help
    Prints list of available commands.

SEE ALSO

 yaz(7), yaz-ztest(8),

Section "Building clients with ZOOM" in the YAZ manual.

 ZOOM home page: http://zoom.z3950.org/.