Display the contents of the specified "version" of a PMDF log file.

Syntax

pmdf view file-pattern

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
-f=offset-from-first	None
-l=offset-from-last	None

restrictions

On UNIX, must have read access to the requested file.

Parameters

file-pattern

A file name pattern for which PMDF log file to display.

Description

The pmdf view utility may be used to display a specified "version" of a PMDF log file. PMDF log files have a -uniqueid appended to the file name to allow for the creation of multiple "versions" of the log file; on UNIX, the -uniqueid is appended to the very end of the file name (the end of the file extension), while on NT, the -uniqueid is appended to the end of the name part of the file name, before the file extension. The pmdf view utility understands these unique ids and can display the contents of the particular file corresponding to the requested "version" of the file.

The default, if no offset qualifier is specified, is to display the most recent "version" of the file.

Command Qualifiers

-f=offset-from-first

This qualifier is used to specify displaying the nth "version" of the file (starting counting from 0). For instance, to display the earliest (oldest) "version" of the file, specify -f=0

-l=offset-from-last

This qualifier is used to specify displaying the nth from the last "version" of the file (starting decrementing from 0 as the most recent version). For instance, to display the most recent (newest) "version" of the file, specify -l=0