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diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpa.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpa.xml
index b3661ae9b0..3bc2063f4e 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpa.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpa.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
-
+
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
under the License.
-
+
</legalnotice>
<title>snmpa</title>
@@ -198,12 +198,18 @@ notification_delivery_info() = #snmpa_notification_delivery_info{}
<type>
<v>BackupDir = string()</v>
<v>Agent = pid() | atom()</v>
+ <v>Reason = backup_in_progress | term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Backup persistent/permanent data handled by the agent
(such as local-db, mib-data and vacm). </p>
<p>Data stored by mnesia is not handled. </p>
<p>BackupDir cannot be identical to DbDir. </p>
+ <p>Simultaneous backup calls are <em>not</em> allowed.
+ That is, two different processes cannot simultaneously
+ successfully call this function. One of them will be first,
+ and succeed. The second will fail with the error reason
+ <c>backup_in_progress</c>. </p>
<marker id="info"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -217,13 +223,13 @@ notification_delivery_info() = #snmpa_notification_delivery_info{}
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list (a dictionary) containing information about
- the agent. Information includes loaded MIBs, registered
- sub-agents, some information about the memory allocation. </p>
- <p>As of version 4.4 the format of the info has been changed.
- To convert the info to the old format, call the
- <seealso marker="#old_info_format">old_info_format</seealso>
- function. </p>
-
+ the agent. Information includes loaded MIBs, registered
+ sub-agents, some information about the memory allocation. </p>
+ <p>As of version 4.4 the format of the info has been changed.
+ To convert the info to the old format, call the
+ <seealso marker="#old_info_format">old_info_format</seealso>
+ function. </p>
+
<marker id="old_info_format"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -648,6 +654,20 @@ notification_delivery_info() = #snmpa_notification_delivery_info{}
<desc>
<p>Disable the mib server cache. </p>
+ <marker id="which_mibs_cache_size"></marker>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>which_mibs_cache_size() -> void()</name>
+ <name>which_mibs_cache_size(Agent) -> void()</name>
+ <fsummary>The size of the mib server cache</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Agent = pid() | atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Retreive the size of the mib server cache. </p>
+
<marker id="gc_mibs_cache"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -867,6 +887,7 @@ snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
<name>send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, Varbinds)</name>
<name>send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, Varbinds)</name>
<name>send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, ContextName, Varbinds) -> void() </name>
+ <name>send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, ContextName, Varbinds, LocalEngineID) -> void() </name>
<fsummary>Send a notification</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Agent = pid() | atom()</v>
@@ -888,6 +909,7 @@ snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
<v>OID = oid()</v>
<v>Value = term()</v>
<v>RowIndex = [int()]</v>
+ <v>LocalEngineID = string()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Sends the notification <c>Notification</c> to the
@@ -1027,6 +1049,7 @@ snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
<item><c>{?sysLocation_instance, "upstairs"}</c> (provided
that the generated <c>.hrl</c> file is included)</item>
</list>
+
<p>If a variable in the notification is a table element, the
<c>RowIndex</c> for the element must be given in the
<c>Varbinds</c> list. In this case, the OBJECT IDENTIFIER sent
@@ -1034,15 +1057,27 @@ snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
element. This OBJECT IDENTIFIER could be used in a get
operation later.
</p>
+
<p>This function is asynchronous, and does not return any
information. If an error occurs, <c>user_err/2</c> of the error
report module is called and the notification is discarded.
</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Note that the use of the LocalEngineID argument is only intended
+ for special cases, if the agent is to "emulate" multiple EngineIDs!
+ By default, the agent uses the value of <c>SnmpEngineID</c>
+ (see SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB). </p>
+ </note>
+
+<!--
<marker id="send_trap"></marker>
+-->
+ <marker id="discovery"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+<!--
<func>
<name>send_trap(Agent,Trap,Community)</name>
<name>send_trap(Agent,Trap,Community,Varbinds) -> void()</name>
@@ -1114,6 +1149,7 @@ snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
<marker id="discovery"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
+-->
<func>
<name>discovery(TargetName, Notification) -> {ok, ManagerEngineID} | {error, Reason}</name>