System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual (32650-90907)

Chapter 6
Modifying Logging Configurations
Entering the LOG Configurator
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Saving configuration changes is a two-step procedure. After you alter a configuration, you must, first, hold the
changes before exiting the configurator. Second, use the global module KEEP command to save the changes.
To hold changes, enter the HOLD command at the LOG configurator prompt:
log>HOLD
You can work in a SYSGEN configurator, hold the changes, and continue working in other SYSGEN
configurators before saving the changes.
To save the changes, hold all desired changes, exit to SYSGEN’s global module, and issue the KEEP command:
sysgen>KEEP newgroupname
Refer to Chapter 4, “Using the System Generator (SYSGEN),” for additional information on using the KEEP
command.
Entering an MPE Command from the LOG Configurator
Use the colon (:) to introduce an MPE command from the LOG configurator. To issue an MPE command,
enter the command along with the colon. For example,
log>:SHOWTIME
THU, APR 20, 1989, 2:55PM
log>
Exiting the LOG Configurator
Use the EXIT command to terminate the LOG configurator and return to the SYSGEN global module. Exit
may be abbreviated EX or E. To end working in the LOG configurator, enter EXIT at the LOG configurator
prompt:
log>EXIT
sysgen>
Printing a Log File
To analyze your logs and to read what you are logging, you must print your log files. To do this, use the
LOGTOOL utility program. Enter RUN LOGTOOL.
In order to print a log, issue the following:
1. RUN LOGTOOL
2. LOGTOOL>LIST LOG=log# OUTFILE=LP
3. LOGTOOL>EXIT
Enter HELP after the LOGTOOL prompt for more information. The STATUS command reports on the status of all
system log files.
The following example shows the use of the STATUS command in the sequence of printing a log.
RUN LOGTOOL
LOGTOOL>status
LOGTOOL>list log=0027 outfile=LP