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

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


Operand	Description
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 in the following table specify whether to overwrite or delete an existing file or directory when Export Tool saves files. If none of these operands is specified, the ask operand is assumed.


Operand	Description
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