sfcbunstage(1)

📦 version 1.4.9, in centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute

💅 sfcbunstage(1) — bestie edition

okay so real talk, this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and it's all about sfcbunstage — the glow-up tool that un-stages your provider stuff from the Small-Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb). stick with me, it's actually so simple 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

sfcbstage — Script to remove provider MOF and registration files from the Small-Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb) staging area

not me pointing out that the NAME line literally says sfcbstage 💀 i'm keeping it exactly as-is because that's what the page says, no cap. the binary you're reading about is sfcbunstage, fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sfcbstage [options] [mof...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so sfcbunstage removes provider mof and registration files from the sfcb staging area. that's the whole vibe. it's the tool you reach for when you wanna remove classes from sfcb offline, like when sfcb isn't even running and you're just doing some spring cleaning on the repo 🧹✨

and listen — this part matters, bestie:

the class repository must be rebuilt with sfcbrepos and the sfcb CIMOM restarted before your changes take effect. periodt. no shortcuts, no "but i thought it just worked". it does not just work until you do those two things 💅

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -n namespace — the namespace for which the class MOFs are to be deregistered. the default is root/cimv2
  • -s stagingdir — path to the sfcb staging area containing class MOFs and registration files. the default is /var/lib/sfcb/stage
  • -r registrationfile — path to the provider registration file.
  • -h — display usage information and exit. the classic "help me" button, iconic honestly 🙈
  • mof — path(s) to one of more class MOF files containing the CIM class definitions for the class(es) implemented by the provider
lowkey obsessed with how -n and -s have defaults but -r is just out here with none. main character energy. anyway, copy the flags exactly, they're case-sensitive and everything ✨

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DESTDIR — if set, the value of this variable is prepended to the registration directory names. this can be useful to store the repository in a different location, i.e. when cross-compiling providers. so like, it's giving "relocate me" energy 🎀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Viktor Mihajlovski <MIHAJLOV@de.ibm.com>

💀 BUGS 💀

the SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, or any of the SBLIM providers. to subscribe to this mailing list visit

http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues

the SBLIM Project Bug tracking page can be found at

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784
literally the move here is: got a question? mailing list. got a bug? tracker. don't just yell into the void, bestie 😭

(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2005

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

the Small-Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb) is a part of the SBLIM project. the most recent version is available on the web at

http://sblim.sourceforge.net/

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this one's sfcbunstage Version 1.4.9, dated August 2005 — vintage, but she still serves. now go rebuild that repo and restart your CIMOM, i'm not gonna say it again 🫶✨

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