NAME

svcdumplog - Prints contents of a binary serviceability log file

SYNOPSIS

svcdumplog [-s num_of_entries] log_file

OPTIONS

-s num_of_entriesTells svcdumplog to skip the first num_of_entries log entries before printing, where num_of_entries is an integer. 

ARGUMENTS

log_fileThe 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 via the DCE serviceability interface.  The log messages can be routed as desired via 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 Porting and Testing Guide, OSF DCE Application Development Guide.