Standalone Logtool for MPE/iX

Standalone Logtool for MPE/iX: Summary
In this section of the Standalone Logtool document:
Introduction
Defects and Enhancements
Minimum Configuration
Operating Instructions
Starting LOGTOOL
Test Execution
Other sections in this document:
Commands
Records
Error and Warning Messages
This document explains how to use the standalone version of Logtool, available on MPE/iX 6.5 and later.
The standalone version of Logtool is almost the same as the "old" Logtool that ran under the SYSDIAG online
diagnostic platform which was replaced by STM as of MPE/iX 6.5.
The main difference between the "old" and "new" versions of Logtool is how you start the new standalone version: just
type logtool at the MPE/iX prompt.
Text for this document was taken from the Support Tools Manual: Volume 7, Utilities, edition 3, released in April
1994 with HP Part No. 5960-3161. Only minor changes have been made to adapt it for the standalone version of
logtool.
Introduction
The LOGTOOL utility program provides the user with a complete environment in which to identify, purge/clear and
display the various log files present within the host operating system. LOGTOOL is available in multi-user mode, but the
user is required to execute at diagnostic security level 1 for some functions. The host operating system has two types of
log files: system log files and the memory error log file. A set of commands is available to handle each type of log
file.
System log files contain information generated by the host operating system. The LIST command will display the
contents of the system log files based on selection criteria given by the user. A summary report of the contents of the
system log files can be generated using the SUMMARIZE command. The ALTFIELD command can be used to specify that
only a portion of certain log records found within the system log files are to be displayed by the LIST command.
Commands are also available to purge log files, create new log files, and to create LOGTOOL "work" files, which will
contain a subset of log files. When new log entries are developed, the LAYOUT command with a record definition file
will allow code developers to "tell" LOGTOOL how to format the information they have sent to the system log files.

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