|   | servertell | 
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servertell displays on-screen information on a server with the specific ID. Optionally, the information may be written to an output file in plain text or HTML.
| % servertell srs Display information about a public server # srs is defined in standard # access levels id: Yes query: Yes all: Yes # scope: text # cache file: /homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/server.srs # databases: 16 # use -full to see complete list of databases SERVER srs [ method: "srswww" type: "unknown" cachefile: "server.srs" comment: "SRS from EBI" serverversion: "7.1.3" url: "http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srsbin/cgi-bin/wgetz" ] | 
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Display information about a public server
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-server]            string     The name of the server defined locally for
                                  use by EMBOSS. (Any string)
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -full               boolean    [N] The default behaviour is to report for
                                  relevant servers only basic information from
                                  the EMBOSS server definition
   -outfile            outfile    [stdout] Output file name
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:
   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         string     Output directory
   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit
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| Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | ||||
| [-server] (Parameter 1) | string | The name of the server defined locally for use by EMBOSS. | Any string | |
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| -full | boolean | The default behaviour is to report for relevant servers only basic information from the EMBOSS server definition | Boolean value Yes/No | No | 
| -outfile | outfile | Output file name | Output file | stdout | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| (none) | ||||
| Associated qualifiers | ||||
| "-outfile" associated outfile qualifiers | ||||
| -odirectory | string | Output directory | Any string | |
| General qualifiers | ||||
| -auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| cachedas | Generate server cache file for DAS servers or for the DAS registry | 
| cachedbfetch | Generate server cache file for Dbfetch/WSDbfetch data sources | 
| cacheebeyesearch | Generate server cache file for EB-eye search domains | 
| cacheensembl | Generate server cache file for an Ensembl server | 
| dbtell | Display information about a public database | 
| showdb | Display information on configured databases | 
| showserver | Display information on configured servers | 
Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.