NULLASM(8)                  Legato NetWorker 3.0                  NULLASM(8)


NAME
       nullasm - NetWorker module for connecting save sets in the index

SYNOPSIS
       nullasm [ standard-asm-arguments ]

DESCRIPTION
       The nullasm is a standard, external ASM (Application Specific Module)
       used to connect saves (in the browsing sense) performed on contiguous
       but non-overlapping directory structures.  It claims to save files,
       as far as the NetWorker ASM protocol goes, but in actuality does
       nothing.

       Nullasm is used so that the saving of the on-line index database
       files are avoided during the nightly save operation initiated by
       savefs(8).  This is because the savegroup(8) command saves each Net­
       Worker client's on-line index database file immediately after the
       client has completed its nightly saves; the actual saving is accom­
       plished through the acts of the saveindex(8) command which directs
       the nsrindexasm(8) to backup the client's on-line index database
       file.

       Some confusion can occur as to how the built-in skip directive and
       the nullasm differ.  Using skip saves no file data, does not generate
       an on-line index for the file, and does not place the file name in
       its parent directory's on-line index.  Nullasm saves no file data,
       does not generate an on-line index for the file, but it does place
       the file name in its parent directory's on-line index.

       See uasm(8) for a general description of ASM's and their arguments.

SEE ALSO
       nsrindexasm(8), savefs(8), savegroup(8), saveindex(8), uasm(8)
























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