Current core commands available with BES:

• show help;
  • shows this help
• show version;
  • shows the version of OPeNDAP and each data type served by this server
• show process;
  • shows the process number of this application. This command is only abailable in developer mode.
• show status;
  • shows the status of the server
• show config;
  • shows all key/value pairs defined in the bes configuration file. This command is only available in developer mode.
• show containers;
  • shows all containers currently defined
• show definitions;
  • shows all definitions currently defined
• show context;
  • shows all context name/value pairs set in the BES



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• set container [in <storage_name>] values <symbolic_name>,<real_name>[,<container_type>];
  • defines a symbolic name representing a data container, usually a file, to be used by definitions, described below
  • <storage_name> is the name of the container storage. Defaults to volatile storage. Examples might include database storage, volatile storage based on catalog information.
  • <real_name> is the full qualtified location of the data container, for example the full path to a data file.
  • <container_type> is the type of data that is in the file. For netcdf files it is nc. For some container storage the data type is optional, determined by the container storage.
• set context <context_name> to <context_value>;
  • set the given context with the given value. No default context are used in the BES
  
  

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• define <def_name> [in <storage_name>] as <container_list> [where <container_x>.constraint="<constraint>",<container_x>.attributes="<attribute_list>"] [aggregate by "<aggregation_command>"];
  • creates a definition using one or more containers, constraints for each of the containers, attributes to be retrieved from each container, and an aggregation. Constraints, attributes, and aggregation are all optional.
  • <container_list> is a comma separated list of container names
  • <storage_name> is the name of the definition storage. Defaults to volatile storage. Examples might include database storage.
  • The constraints, attributes and aggregation command must be enclosed in quotes



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• delete container <container_name> [from <storage_name>];
  • deletes the specified container from the specified container storage (defaults to volatile storage).
• delete containers [from <storage_name>];
  • deletes all of the currently defined containers from the specified container storage (defaults to volatile storage).
• delete definition <definition_name> [from <storage_name>];
  • deletes the specified definition from the specified container storage (defaults to volatile storage).
• delete definitions [from <storage_name>];
  • deletes all of the currently defined defintions from the specified container storage (defaults to volatile storage).



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• remember to terminate each command with a semicolon (;)
• For more information please contact Patrick West, pwest@ucar.edu