CP6100 Configuration and Management Manual

PTrace Facility for CP6100
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PTrace Commands for CP6100
description of the command, the command’s syntax, and any special considerations
that apply to the command. The commands are described in alphabetical order.
Table 9-2 lists the PTrace commands available for the CP6100 subsystem.
The FILTER and TEXT commands and ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation are not supported
by the CP6100 subsystem.
For information on starting PTrace and entering PTrace commands, and for more
detailed descriptions of the PTrace commands available to all subsystems, refer to the
PTrace Reference Manual.
FROM Command
The FROM command opens a trace file for display by PTrace. If a trace file is currently
in use, PTrace closes it before opening the new one.
file-name
is a trace file.
Considerations for the FROM Command
•
The FROM command resets current session parameters to their default values.
For more information, see “RESET Command,” later in this section.
•
The FROM command resets current SELECT options to their default values if the
device type and subtype of the new trace file are different from the last trace file. If
the device type and subtype of the new trace file are the same as the last trace file,
SELECT options and state-table labels are not reset.
•
The FROM command automatically displays the trace file header record (record 0)
when it opens the new trace file.
•
The FROM command does not close a log file if one is specified.
SELECT Command
The SELECT command establishes the selection criteria that control which trace
records are to be displayed. When PTrace is determining which records to display in
Table 9-2. PTrace Commands for CP6100
Command Description
FROM Specifies the trace file to be displayed
SELECT Establishes selection criteria for displaying trace records
STATETABLES Specifies the name of the file used for the display of state-machine
labels
FROM file-name