The wsadmin tool contains facilities so that you can manage and customize the scripting environment. You can make temporary alterations to the scripting environment with the following wsadmin command options:
Profile files are wsadmin scripts that initialize variables and define functions for the mainline scripts executed with the wsadmin tool. You can specify multiple profile options. They are executed in the order listed.
Edit one or more properties files to make more persistent alterations to the scripting environment. The wsadmin tool loads the following levels of properties files:
The properties files include specifications for the connection type, the port and host used when attempting a connection, the location where trace and logging output are directed, the temporary directory to access files while installing applications and modules, class path information to append to the list of paths to search for classes and resources, and so on.