Safeguard Audit Service Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Audit Service Command Syntax

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RELEASE Command

RELEASE releases audit files for reuse by the audit service. The audit service releases

the audit file by setting its end-of-file pointer to zero and securing it against access by

all user processes. All audit data in the file is purged, and it is put into service as the

next available file in the audit pool.

Only members of the SYSTEM-OPERATOR security group can execute this

command.

afile

specifies the number of the audit file to be released. It can be expressed in either

of these forms:

file-num

file-num : file-num

file-num is expressed as the file's alphabetic prefix and the least significant

digits of the audit file name that uniquely identify the file. For example, enter A5 for

audit file A0000005 or A270 for audit file A0000270.

The form file-num : file-num specifies that a range of audit files is to be

released, where the file-num variables designate the beginning and end of the

range.

IN $vol.subvol

specifies the location of the audit pool whose files are to be released. If IN

$vol.subvol is omitted, the current audit pool is assumed.

Considerations

•

You cannot release the current audit file.

•

RELEASE aborts if you specify duplicate or nonexistent file names.

•

All attempts to execute this command are audited.

Examples

1. This command releases audit file A0000001 in the current audit pool:

=RELEASE A1

2. This command releases audit files A0000004, A0000010, and A0000012 in the

audit pool on $SYSOP

.SECURE:

=RELEASE A4, A10, A12 IN $sysop.secure

RELEASE afile [ , afile ] ... [ IN $vol.subvol ]