User Guide

Ampex 1308904-X4 Preliminary Draft 5-15
ACL Application Programmer’s Guide acl_errlog_library
-t < separator>
Specifies the optional separator characters that enclose the value specified for the
-count <count_specification> argument. If omitted, colons are used as the separator
characters.
Separator characters are not required for the -count <count_specification> argument but you
can them if desired (for compatibility with existing applications).
-retry_on_reset
Specifies that the utility perform one retry automatically when a failure is caused by a SCSI
Bus Device Reset of the ACL.
ARGUMENTS
-help [ help_type ]
Displays help on stderr and invalidates all other options, cancelling any other actions. Valid
keywords for the optional help_type specification are:
output and revision.
Writer_Note: I changed 2048 to 1000 to agree with ACL SCSI ICD.
-count
<count_specification>
Specifies the number of parameters to retrieve from the ACL error/event log. The maximum
value is 1000. The most recent parameters are displayed first.
You must provide -count <count_specification> and -stdout <output_spec> arguments for
this utility (except when using the -help argument).
-stdout
<output_spec>
Specifies the output stream written to stdout. You must provide -count <count_specification>
and -stdout <output_spec> arguments for this utility (except when using the -help argument).
The -stdout <output_spec> argument supports the following keyword:
%elog.
ENVIRONMENT
The ACL management utilities use the following environment variables. Command-line
options always override any environment variables.
$ACL_DEV
Specifies the device special file to use when you omit the -device option.