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im connect
establishes a connection to a Windchill RV&S Server
Synopsis
im connect [--hostname=value] [--port=value] [--password=value] [--user=value] [(-?|--usage)] [(-F value|--selectionFile=value)] [(-N|--no)] [(-Y|--yes)] [--[no]batch] [--cwd=value] [--forceConfirm=[yes|no]] [(-g|--gui)] [--quiet] [--settingsUI=[gui|default]] [--status=[none|gui|default]]
Description
im connect establishes a connection to a Windchill RV&S Server host. Most commands implicitly connect to the host; this does so explicitly. In fact, all the other commands call im connect to establish the connection. You can use im disconnect to disconnect from a Windchill RV&S Server host.
Options
This command takes the universal options available to im commands, as well as some general options. See the options reference page for descriptions.
--hostname=value
identifies the name of the host server where the Windchill RV&S Server is located.
--port=value
identifies the port on the host server where the Windchill RV&S Server is located.
--password=value
identifies the password to use for connecting to the Windchill RV&S Server.
--user=value
identifies the user to use for connecting to the Windchill RV&S Server. This typically defaults to the name you have used to log into your client machine.
See Also
Commands: im disconnect, im exit, im servers
Miscellaneous: options