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17 \fBzoomsh\fR [commands...]
22 is a ZOOM client with a simple command line interface. The client demonstrates the ZOOM API and is useful for testing targets.
24 You may pass one or more commands to
25 \fBzoomsh\fR. These commands are invoked first.
30 in one console you can use the ZOOM shell as follows:
35 ZOOM>connect localhost:9999
37 localhost:9999: 7 hits
43 008 910710c19910701nju 00010 eng
47 100 10 $a Jack Collins
48 245 10 $a How to program a computer
59 You can also achieve the same result by passing the commands as arguments on a single command line:
62 $ zoomsh "connect localhost:9999" "search computer"
67 Connects to the target given by
71 Closes connection to target given by
77 show [\fIstart\fR [\fIcount\fR]]
80 records starting at offset given by
81 \fIstart\fR. First records has offset 0 (unlike the Z39.50 protocol).
87 set \fIname\fR [\fIvalue\fR]
94 Prints value of option
98 Prints list of available commands.
105 Section "Building clients with ZOOM" in the YAZ manual.
108 [1]\&\fIZOOM home page\fR.
112 \%http://zoom.z3950.org/