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svcdumplog(1dce)

Prints contents of a binary serviceability log file

Synopsis

svcdumplog [-s num_of_entries] logfile

Options

-s num_of_entries
The -s flag tells svcdumplog to skip the first num_of_entries log entries before printing, where num_of_entries is a number.

Arguments

log_file
The log file to be printed.

Description
The svcdumplog program prints the contents of a binary log file.

DCE components log important information about their activities and state through the DCE serviceability interface. The log messages can be routed as desired through the dcecp log object. The messages can also be written in either binary or in text format. (Information about specifying message format can be found in the svcroute(5dce) reference page.) When binary format has been specified for a component's messages, each log entry is written as a binary record of data defined (in dce/svclog.h) as the contents of the serviceability prolog structure. The svcdumplog utility prints the contents of such a binary log file as readable text.

Errors

A representative list of errors that might be returned is not shown here. Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages.

Related Information
Commands: log(8dce)

Functions:

dce_svc_log_get(3dce)

dce_svc_log_close(3dce)

dce_svc_log_open(3dce)

dce_svc_log_rewind(3dce)

Files: svcroute(5dce)

Books:

OSF DCE Testing Guide

OSF DCE Application Development Guide - Introduction and Style Guide