Configuring and Managing Host-Based X.25 Links - Edition 5 (36939-90054)

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Formatting Host-Based X.25 Log Files
To Use EVLOG
To Use EVLOG
You can run EVLOG using default options or you can run EVLOG
interactively to select and modify specific options. Instructions for each
run mode follow. The options are described in the remainder of this
chapter.
To Run EVLOG Using Default Options
Follow these steps to format a host-based X.25 log file using the default
options.
1. Copy the file that you want to format to a different file name.
(Hewlett-Packard recommends that you treat log files as read-only
files. Copying to a new file name allows you to format the new file
without modifying the original log file.)
2. At the MPE/iX prompt, enter the command:
:evlog logfilename
where logfilename is the name of the file created in step 1.
These steps will cause the entire log file to be formatted with default
options.
To Run EVLOG Interactively
Follow these steps to format a host-based X.25 log file, to select options:
1. Copy the file that you want to format to a different file name.
(Hewlett-Packard recommends that you treat log files as read-only
files. Copying to a new file name allows you to format the new file
without modifying the original log file.)
2. At the MPE/iX prompt, enter either of the following commands:
:evlog
or
:evlog logfilename,n
where logfilename is the name of the file created in step 1 and n is any
non-zero PARM. For example
:evlog myfile,2