option

Description

This subcommand specifies the following:

  • whether to compress monitoring data in ZIP files
  • whether to overwrite or delete existing files and directories when saving monitoring data in files

Syntax

option [compress|nocompress] [ask|clear|noclear]

Operands

Operand

Description

The two operands below specify whether to compress CSV files into ZIP files. If none of these operands is specified, compress is assumed.

compress

Compresses data in ZIP files. To extract CSV files out of a ZIP file, you will need to decompress the ZIP file.

nocompress

Does not compress data in ZIP files and saves data in CSV files.

The three operands below specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when Export Tool saves files. If none of these operands is specified, ask is assumed.

ask

Displays a message that asks whether to delete existing files or directories.

clear

Deletes existing files and directories and then saves monitoring data in files.

noclear

Overwrites existing files and directories.

Example

The following example saves monitoring data in CSV files, not in ZIP files:

option nocompress