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AdministeringIn addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
System administrationThese topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning HCL Informix® database servers.
High-Performance Loader User's GuideThe describes how to use the HCL Informix® to load and unload large quantities of data efficiently to or from Informix® databases.
The onpladm utilityThis section describes how to use the onpladm utility.
Define formatsYou can create, modify, describe, list, and delete formats with the onpladm utility.
Describe a format

Describe a format

The following diagram illustrates the syntax to describe a format to a file.

Figure 1: Describing a format


Element	Purpose	Key considerations
-F specfilename	Sets the specification file	The default value is the standard output.
formatname	Sets the format name	None
-p projectname	Identifies the project where the format and map are stored	None
-S servername	Sets the onpload database server	The default is the value of the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable.

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