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2.4 CTF Files
Table 2–1 lists the files used by CTF.
Table 2–1 CTF Files
File Description
SYS$SYSTEM:
CTF$UI.EXE User interface
CTF$SERVER.EXE Detached trace server
CTF$DCP.EXE VMS trace record collector process
CTF$SECTION.DAT Global section file used as CTF buffer when tracing
the local VMS system
SYS$LIBRARY:
CTF$NAME_TABLE.DAT File containing names of all registered tracepoints
and analysis routines. When networking products are
installed, they register in this database:
• The names of the tracepoints that they support.
• The names of the routines that are used to format
trace records from these tracepoints.
CTF$KEY.INIT System-wide default keypad definitions
CTF$KEY.TEMPLATE Original for CTF$KEY.INIT
CTF$*_ANALYZE.EXE Where * generally equates to the name of a protocol
that can be analyzed by CTF. These images contain
the routines that format trace records.
CTF$*_TRACEPOINTS.DAT These files contain the tracepoint names and
identifiers used to create CTF$NAME_TABLE.DAT.
SYS$MESSAGE:
CTF$MESSAGES.EXE CTF message file
SYS$HELP:
CTF$HELP.HLB CTF on-line help
SYS$MANAGER:
CTF$STARTUP.COM Command file that installs CTF and related images.
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