Properties and command line options

You use properties to specify how the probe interacts with the device. You can override the default values by using the properties file or the command line options.

The following table describes the properties and command line options specific to this probe. For information about default properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide, (SC23-6373).

Table 1. Properties and command line options
Property name	Command line option	Description
BreakCharacters `string`	-break `string`	Use this property to specify the expected constant break characters. The default is ,=.
FifoName `string`	-fifo `string`	Use this property to specify the name of the FIFO file. The default is /tmp/probefifo.
Footer `string`	-footer `string`	Use this property to specify the footer of each event. The default is "".
Header `string`	-header `string`	Use this property to specify the header of each event. The default is "".
NewParser `integer`	-newparser `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the probe use the new parser or the old parser: 0: The probe uses the old parser. 1: The probe uses the new parser. The default is 0.
QuoteCharacters `string`	-quote `string`	Use this property to specify constant quote characters expected. The default is \’\".
WhiteSpaces `string`	-white `string`	Use this property to specify constant white spaces expected. The default is ’ \t’.