si intro

First, you may simply type the si prefix and the command together as one word. Second, you may type the si prefix and the command with an underscore between them. Third, you may quote the si prefix and the command, with a space in the middle. For example:

man "si about" (Windows client only)

See the reference page for the man command itself, by typing man man, to find out more details.

This reference page describes the parts of a reference page with examples taken from real Windchill RV&S reference pages.

The following sections discuss the various elements of a reference page.

The Name section provides the name of the command and a brief functional description.

In the reference page for a command, the Synopsis section provides a quick summary of the command's format. For example, here is the synopsis of the si add command.

The synopsis takes the form of a command line as you might type it into the system; it shows what you can type in and the order in which you should do it. The parts that are enclosed in square brackets are optional; you may omit them if you choose. Parts that are not enclosed in square brackets must be present for the command to be correct.

The synopsis begins with the name of the command itself. The Windchill RV&S configuration management commands all include the si prefix. In Windchill RV&S documentation, command names are always written in bold Courier font.

After the command name comes a list of options. A typical Windchill RV&S command option consists of either a single dash (-) followed by a single character, usually an uppercase or lowercase letter, or it may consist of a double dash (--) followed by a multi-character option name. Often there are single-character and multi-character options that do the same thing. The multi-character strings are not case sensitive, but are shown in mixed case to facilitate readability. For example, you might have -L or --label.

The synopsis line shows options in bold Courier font. Note that the case of single-character options is important; for example, in the synopsis of si add, -r and -R are different options, with different effects.

Furthermore, in the synopsis all options are shown in one long string. Other common option forms are:

where rev or, in some cases, value provides extra information for using that option. For example, the si lock command locks Sandbox members; here's the command's synopsis:

In this example, there is the option

This option tells the si lock command which revision to lock. In a command synopsis, anything appearing in italics is a placeholder for information that you are expected to supply. Sometime after the synopsis, the reference page explains what kind of information is expected in place of the placeholder.

The end of the si lock synopsis is

Since there are no square brackets around the list, in this example, it is mandatory.

This means one or more member names; the ellipsis (...) stands for repetitions of whatever immediately precedes it. Most Windchill RV&S commands allow you to specify lists of multiple items using spaces between them.

See the options reference page for more details on selecting members, Sandboxes and projects.

The order of items on the command line is important. When you type in a command line, you should specify the parts of the command line in the order they appear in the command synopsis. The exceptions to this are options marked with a - or a --; they do not have to be given in the exact order shown in the synopsis. However, all the - or -- options must appear in the correct area of the command line. For example, you can specify

but you will not get correct results if you specify

The Description section simply describes what the command does and how each option works.

Inside the Description section, the names of files and directories are written in normal Courier font. The names of environment variables are written in italic Courier font.

The Diagnostics division contains information about the exit status returned by the command. You can test this status to determine the result of the operation the command was asked to perform.