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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2009</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ 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>snmpc</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev></rev>
+ <file>snmpc.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module>snmpc</module>
+ <modulesummary>Interface Functions to the SNMP toolkit MIB compiler</modulesummary>
+ <description>
+ <p>The module <c>snmpc</c> contains interface functions to the
+ SNMP toolkit MIB compiler.</p>
+
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name>compile(File)</name>
+ <name>compile(File, Options) -> {ok, BinFileName} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Compile the specified MIB</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>File = string()</v>
+ <v>Options = [opt()]</v>
+ <v>opt() = db() | deprecated() | description() | reference() | group_check() | i() | il() | imports() | module() | module_identity() | outdir() | no_defs() | verbosity() | warnings()</v>
+ <v>db() = {db, volatile|persistent|mnesia}</v>
+ <v>deprecated() = {deprecated, bool()}</v>
+ <v>description() = description</v>
+ <v>reference() = reference</v>
+ <v>group_check() = {group_check, bool()}</v>
+ <v>i() = {i, [dir()]}</v>
+ <v>il() = {il, [dir()]}</v>
+ <v>imports() = imports</v>
+ <v>module() = {module, atom()}</v>
+ <v>module_identity() = module_identity</v>
+ <v>no_defs() = no_defs</v>
+ <v>outdir() = {outdir, dir()}</v>
+ <v>verbosity() = {verbosity, silence|warning|info|log|debug|trace}</v>
+ <v>warnings() = {warnings, bool()}</v>
+ <v>dir() = string()</v>
+ <v>BinFileName = string()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <marker id="compiler_opts"></marker>
+ <p>Compiles the specified MIB file <c><![CDATA[<File>.mib]]></c>. The
+ compiled file <c>BinFileName</c> is called
+ <c><![CDATA[<File>.bin]]></c>. </p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>The option <c>db</c> specifies which database should
+ be used for the default instrumentation. Default is
+ <c>volatile</c>.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>deprecated</c> specifies if a deprecated
+ definition should be kept or not. If the option is
+ false the MIB compiler will ignore all deprecated
+ definitions. Default is <c>true</c>.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>description</c> specifies if the text
+ of the DESCRIPTION field will be included or not. By default
+ it is not included, but if this option is present it will
+ be.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>reference</c> specifies if the text
+ of the REFERENCE field, when found in a table definition,
+ will be included or not. By default
+ it is not included, but if this option is present it will
+ be. The reference text will be placed in the allocList field
+ of the mib-entry record (#me{}) for the table.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>group_check</c> specifies whether the
+ mib compiler should check the OBJECT-GROUP macro and
+ the NOTIFICATION-GROUP macro for correctness or not.
+ Default is <c>true</c>.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>i</c> specifies the path to search for
+ imported (compiled) MIB files. The directories should be
+ strings with a trailing directory delimiter. Default is
+ <c>["./"]</c>.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>il</c> (include_lib) also specifies a
+ list of directories to search for imported MIBs. It
+ assumes that the first element in the directory name
+ corresponds to an OTP application. The compiler will find
+ the current installed version. For example, the value
+ ["snmp/mibs/"] will be replaced by ["snmp-3.1.1/mibs/"]
+ (or what the current version may be in the system). The
+ current directory and the <c><![CDATA[<snmp-home>/priv/mibs/]]></c>
+ are always listed last in the include path.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>imports</c>, if present, specifies that the
+ IMPORT statement of the MIB shall be included in the compiled mib.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>module</c>, if present, specifies the
+ name of a module which implements all instrumentation
+ functions for the MIB. The name of all instrumentation
+ functions must be the same as the corresponding managed
+ object it implements.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>module_identity</c>, if present, specifies
+ that the info part of the MODULE-IDENTITY statement of the MIB
+ shall be included in the compiled mib.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>no_defs</c>, if present, specifies
+ that if a managed object does not have an instrumentation
+ function, the default instrumentation function should NOT
+ be used, instead this is reported as an error, and the
+ compilation aborts.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>verbosity</c> specifies the verbosity of
+ the SNMP mib compiler. I.e. if warning, info, log, debug
+ and trace messages shall be shown. Default is <c>silence</c>.
+ Note that if the option <c>warnings</c> is <c>true</c> and the
+ option <c>verbosity</c> is <c>silence</c>, warning messages will
+ still be shown.
+ </item>
+ <item>The option <c>warnings</c> specifies whether warning
+ messages should be shown. Default is <c>true</c>.
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ <p>The MIB compiler understands both SMIv1 and SMIv2 MIBs. It
+ uses the <c>MODULE-IDENTITY</c> statement to determine if the MIB is
+ version 1 or 2.
+ </p>
+ <p>The MIB compiler can be invoked from the OS command line by
+ using the command <c>erlc</c>. <c>erlc</c> recognizes the
+ extension <c>.mib</c>, and invokes the SNMP MIB compiler for
+ files with that extension. The options <c>db</c>,
+ <c>group_check</c>, <c>deprecated</c>, <c>description</c>,
+ <c>verbosity</c>, <c>imports</c> and <c>module_identity</c>
+ have to be specified to <c>erlc</c> using the syntax
+ <c>+term</c>. See <c>erlc(1)</c> for details.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>is_consistent(Mibs) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Check for OID conflicts between MIBs</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Mibs = [MibName]</v>
+ <v>MibName = string()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Checks for multiple usage of object identifiers and traps
+ between MIBs.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>mib_to_hrl(MibName) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Generate constants for the objects in the MIB</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>MibName = string()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Generates a <c>.hrl</c> file with definitions of Erlang
+ constants for the objects in the MIB. The <c>.hrl</c> file is
+ called <c><![CDATA[<MibName>.hrl]]></c>. The MIB must be compiled, and
+ present in the current directory.
+ </p>
+ <p>The <c>mib_to_hrl</c> generator can be invoked from the OS
+ command line by using the command <c>erlc</c>. <c>erlc</c>
+ recognizes the extension <c>.bin</c>, and invokes this function
+ for files with that extension.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <p>erlc(1)
+ </p>
+ </section>
+
+</erlref>
+