Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
OL-16599-01
Chapter 1 Basic System Commands
debug logfile
debug logfile
To direct the output of the debug commands to a specified file, use the debug logfile command. To revert
to the default, use the no form of this command.
debug logfile filename [size bytes]
no debug logfile filename [size bytes]
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines The Cisco NX-OS software creates the logfile in the log: file system root directory. Use the dir log:
command to display the log files.
Examples This example shows how to specify a debug log file:
switch# debug logfile debug_log
This example shows how to revert to the default debug log file:
switch# no debug logfile debug_log
Related Commands
filename Name of the file for debug command output. The filename is alphanumeric,
case sensitive, and has a maximum of 64 characters.
size bytes (Optional) Specifies the size of the log file in bytes. The range is from 4096
to 4194304.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
dir Displays the contents of a directory.
show debug logfile Displays the debug logfile contents.