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NAME
     smiquery - query single information from SMI MIB modules

SYNOPSIS
     smiquery [ -Vh ] [ -p module ] command name

DESCRIPTION
     The  smiquery program is used to query information on a single item from an
     MIB module, e.g. module meta information or a single type definition.

OPTIONS
     -V, --version
	    Show the smiquery version and exit.

     -h, --help
	    Show a help text and exit. The help text lists  all  available  com-
	    mands.

     -p module, --preload module
	    Preload  the  module module before reading the main module. This may
	    be helpful if an incomplete main module misses to import some defin-
	    itions.

     command name
	    This specifies the kind of information to retrieve (module, imports,
	    revisions, node, parent, compliance, index, members, children, type,
	    or macro) and the item to retrieve.

     The module in question is searched along a path, which  is  initialized  by
     the SMIPATH environment variable or by /usr/local/share/smi/mibs if SMIPATH
     is  not  set. Files with a .sming extension are expected to be (old-style!)
     SMIng module files. Files with a .my or without any extension are	expected
     to be SMIv1/v2 module files.

EXAMPLE
     This  example  queries  for information on the node ifNumber defined in the
     module IF-MIB.

       $ smiquery node IF-MIB::ifNumber
	    MibNode: IF-MIB::ifNumber
	     OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.1
	    Type: Integer32
	Declaration: OBJECT-TYPE
	   NodeKind: scalar
	  Access: read-only
	  Status: current
	Description: The number of network interfaces (regardless of their
	       current state) present on this system.

SEE ALSO
     The   libsmi(3)   project	 is    documented    at    http://www.ibr.cs.tu-
     bs.de/projects/libsmi/.

AUTHOR
     (C)  1999-2004  F.  Strauss,  TU  Braunschweig, Germany <strauss@ibr.cs.tu-
     bs.de>

IBR				 August 10, 2004		     smiquery(1)

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