getnext(1M)                                              getnext(1M)


       NAME
             getnext - retrieve objects from an SNMP entity

       SYNOPSIS
             getnext [-T timeout] entity_addr community_string object_name . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             The getnext command is an SNMP application that retrieves one
             or more individual objects from an SNMP entity.  The getnext
             command returns the object and value pair(s) that appear in
             the MIB database immediately after the object(s) specified on
             the commmand line.

             The arguments are the entity's address, the community string
             for access to the SNMP entity, and the object name(s).

             The entity address can be either an IP address or entity name
             (if name-to-address resolution is enabled).

             The community string used must be valid on the given entity.
             On UnixWare, community strings are kept in
             /etc/netmgt/snmpd.comm.

             Object names must refer to a valid SNMP object or class of
             objects.  Object names can be in the form of an identifier or
             the equivalent SNMP dot-notation.  Identifiers for UnixWare
             SNMP objects are listed in the section ``SNMP Objects'' in the
             chapter ``Network Management Using SNMP'' of part ``TCP/IP
             Administration'' of the book Network Administration.
             Equivalent SNMP dot-notation for these objects is defined in
             the files /etc/netmgt/nwumpsd.defs, /etc/netmgt/snmpd.defs,
             and /etc/netmgt/unixwared.defs.  For a general explanation of
             SNMP dot-notation, see RFC 1213.

             If an object on the command line is a group name, then the
             object and value returned is the first object-value pair in
             the group.

             The -T option can be used to specify the number of seconds the
             command will wait for a response from the entity specified by
             entity_addr.  If not specified, this defaults to 20 seconds.

       EXAMPLE
             The following example uses two object group names, and returns
             the first member of each group specified.



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      getnext(1M)                                              getnext(1M)


                        getnext suzzy public system interfaces

            getnext returns the variables sysDescr.0 and ifNumber.0, which
            are  the  first  members  of the system and interfaces groups,
            respectively.

                        Name: sysDescr.0
                        Value: Novell UnixWare 2.0

                        Name: ifNumber.0
                        Value: 2

      REFERENCES
            getid(1M), getmany(1M), getone(1M), getroute(1M), setany(1M),
            snmp(1M), RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1213.

































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