Description
The hostdata object represents a hostdata entry stored by dced on a host that represents some data, usually a file. The data in the hostdata object is represented by the hostdata/data attribute of the hostdata entry. Remote manipulation of data in the hostdata object is accomplished by the hostdata commands. The names of these hostdata objects are in the DCE namespace and are controlled by dced. Usually they are of the following form:
/.:/hosts/hostname/config/hostdata/name
However, a shorthand notation referring to the local machine consisting of only name can be used as well.
When the dced on the local machine is in partial service mode, you must use the -local option to access the hostdata object. To access a hostdata object, specify only the residual portion of the object name. For example specify hostdata, not /.:/hosts/gumby/config/hostdata.