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| .TH SNMPTRANSLATE 1 "11 July 1994" |
| .UC 4 |
| .SH NAME |
| snmptranslate - translate SNMP objects into more useful information |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| snmptranslate [-n] [-d] [-R] [-f|-s] [-w|-W] [-p] objectID |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Snmptranslate is an application that translates an SNMP object (SMI value or |
| symbolic form) into another form of information. With no other options, an |
| SNMP object will be translated to its SMI value. |
| .PP |
| The options have the following meanings: |
| .TP |
| .B \-p |
| Print the symbol table built from the MIB files loaded |
| .TP |
| .B \-w |
| Produce warnings of symbol conflicts while parsing the MIB files |
| .TP |
| .B \-W |
| Produce even more warnings than the -w option |
| .TP |
| .B \-n |
| Translate an SNMP object to its symbolic form. |
| .TP |
| .B \-f |
| Print the fully qualified version of the name. |
| .TP |
| .B \-s |
| Print only the last symbolic part of the OID. |
| .TP |
| .B \-d |
| Print a description of the object. |
| .TP |
| .B \-R |
| Use "random access" to access the symbolic object wherever in the MIB tree it |
| lives. |
| .SH EXAMPLES |
| .PP |
| .I snmptranslate -n -R sysDescr |
| .PP |
| will translate "sysDescr" to a more qualified form: |
| .PP |
| .I system.sysDescr |
| .PP |
| .I snmptranslate -n -f -d -R sysDescr |
| .PP |
| will translate "sysDecr" to |
| .PP |
| .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.system.sysDescr |
| .br |
| SYNTAX OCTET STRING |
| .br |
| DISPLAY-HINT "255a" |
| .br |
| MAX-ACCESS read-only |
| .br |
| STATUS current |
| .br |
| DESCRIPTION "A textual description of the entity. This value should |
| .br |
| include the full name and version identification of the |
| .br |
| system's hardware type, software operating-system, and |
| .br |
| networking software." |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| variables(5), RFC 1155, RFC 1156, RFC 1157, SNMP Security Internet Drafts |
