FAQs

Why the size of om.exe is large compared to the task it performs?

Om is written in perl & requires perl interpreter to run. To make it run on machines without perl interpreter, the entire perl interpreter is packed in exe file. The downside is you get very large exe. However there are tools available on Internet for making small-sized exe. But they are not free & I didn't want to encourage sharewares by using their trial versions or demo versions. Any software that is involved with Om (including those for creating web-page) is either free or open source.

What happens when we provide the same valid option more than once? e.g. om r 10 –lull OR om r –l –u –l –l

If each option is not entered as separate argument (case 1) & a valid option is repeated, om will consider that option only once internally for data generation. So data will be generated according to the options (provided that the repeated options are valid). However, when each option is entered as separate argument (as in case 2), repeating option is not allowed even though repeated option is valid.

What is the use of combined1 & combined2 modes?

In certain cases we need the test data having first part constant. e.g. In India the mobile no. is a 10 digit no. having its first digit as 9. So user needs to generate 10 digit no. having first digit as 9. This can be done using combined1 mode as below:
om c1 10 –n
Enter text: 9
Data: 9874534343 (where 874534343 is randomly generated number).
In certain cases we need the test data having last part constant. e.g. In complete adress of any location of a particular area the last part is constant which is the pin code for that area (i.e. "-380006" where 380006 is pincode). This can be done using combined2 mode as below:
om c2 30 -lun
Enter text: -380006
Data: wery12rUw Ik5pj78HTJUq-380006 (where 'wery12rUw Ik5pj78HTJUq' is randomly generated data).

When Om is invoked for the first time it takes 2-3 seconds to respond?

This is because Om is not loaded in cache memory when it is invoked for the first time. Once it is loaded in cache (after first time) response becomes normal.

Why user is asked to accept two licenses at time of installation?

The first license is GPL v3 whereas the second license is fdl v1.2. The user has to accept GPL v3 for using Om & fdl v1.2 for using User Manual.

Can we install Om without installing User Manual i.e. without accepting fdl v1.2?

No

I want to generate data without the 'space' character. How can we generate that using Om?

Use Repeat mode

The characters generated by Om belong to which character set?

ASCII

My antivirus detects om.exe as a virus. Shall I use Om?

It is false detection by antivirus. Om is not a virus. It has been tested thoroughly by softpedia and declared "100% CLEAN". Click here for details.