LOG

Prerequisites

None.

Description

Use the LOG command to turn IMAGE/SQL utility command logging on or off. When logging is on, all commands entered are logged to the ATCLOG file.

When the IMAGE/SQL utility is run, logging is initially on. The temporary file ATCLOG is created (if it does not already exist) and opened in the user's logon group and account. A file equation may be set for this file (:FILE ATCLOG=LOG1). If you want to save the temporary file, either save the file before ending your current MPE/iX session or specify ;SAVE as a part of a file equation. If the log file already exists, log records are appended to it.

To see the current logging status, use the DISPLAY OPTIONS command.

When you issue an MPE/iX command from within IMAGE/SQL, the command is written to the log file and the log file is closed. This means that you can save this file, edit this file, or set a file equation for this file from within IMAGE/SQL. Refer to Chapter 2, "Logging IMAGE/SQL Utility Commands: Task 13," for more information. The log file is reopened after the execution of the MPE/iX command.

Example

In the following example, logging is initially on. The LOG OFF command is then issued. The DISPLAY OPTIONS command then confirms that logging is off.

   >>DISPLAY OPTIONS

   Current TurboDB     : SALES.SERED.ATC

   Current SQLDBE      : PARTSDBE.SERED.ATC

   Echo                : ON

   Command Logging     : ON

   Current Log File    : ATCLOG.SERED.ATC

   >>LOG OFF

   >>DISPLAY OPTIONS

   Current TurboDB     : SALES.SERED.ATC

   Current SQLDBE      : PARTSDBE.SERED.ATC

   Echo                : ON

   Command Logging     : OFF

   >>