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XPSEvaluate—Evaluate Expressions

XPSEvaluate is an interactive command-line utility that allows administrators and application developers to evaluate expressions and test performance. To use XPSEvaluate, you must be an administrator with XPSEvaluate rights.

Syntax

XPSEvaluate has the following format:

XPSEvaluate [-np] [-trace] [-dbg debuglist]
[-f DB | formulapath] [-c contextpath] [-u userpath] [-step]
[-?] [-vT | -vI | -vW | -vE | -vF]
[-l log_path] [-e err_path] [-r rec_path]

Parameters

XPSEvaluate includes the following options:

• -np

  (Optional) Specifies no prompt.

• -trace

  (Optional) Turns on tracing.

• -dbg

  (Optional) Specifies the debug list.

• -f

  (Optional) Specifies the location of the named expressions.

  Note: DB specifies the policy store.

• -c

  (Optional) Specifies the location of the context values.

• -u

  (Optional) Specifies the location of the user attributes.

• -step

  (Optional) Shows evaluation steps.

• -?

  (Optional) Displays help information for this utility.

• -vT | -vI | -vW | -vE | -vF

  (Optional) Specifies when to log error information to the error file and how much information to log.

  • -vT

    Logs detailed information so that you can TRACE errors.

  • -vI

    Logs information in case there is an error.

  • -vW

    Logs error information in the event of a WARNING, ERROR, or FATAL error.

  • -vE

    Logs error information in the event of an ERROR or FATAL error.

  • -vF

    Logs error information in the event of a FATAL error.

• -l

  (Optional) Outputs logging information to the specified location.

  Default: stdout

• -e

  (Optional) Outputs error information to the specified location.

  Default: stderr

• -r

  (Optional) Outputs a record of the session to the specified location.