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SANtricity commands

Add comments to a script file

Contributors netapp-driley netapp-jsnyder

The script engine looks for certain characters or a command to show comments. You can add comments to a script file in three ways.

Methods for adding comments to a script file

  • Add text after two forward slashes (// ) as a comment until an end-of-line character is reached. If the script engine does not find an end-of-line character in the script after processing a comment, an error message appears, and the script operation is terminated. This error usually occurs when a comment is placed at the end of a script and you have forgotten to press the Enter key.

    // Deletes the existing configuration.
    set storageArray resetConfiguration=true;
  • Add text between / and / as a comment. If the script engine does not find both a starting comment notation and an ending comment notation, an error message appears, and the script operation is terminated.

    /* Deletes the existing configuration */
    set storageArray resetConfiguration=true;
  • Use the show statement to embed comments in a script file that you want to appear while the script file is running. Enclose the text that you want to appear by using double quotation marks ("` `").

    show “Deletes the existing configuration”;
    set storageArray resetConfiguration=true;