Showlog Script

The service log is a special log written in a binary format. We cannot view the log directly using a text editor. You should never directly edit the service log, as doing so corrupts the log. To move the service log from one server to another, use a mechanism like FTP, which supports binary file transfer.

We can view the service log by using the showlog script to convert the contents of the service log to a text format that one can then write to a file or dump to the command shell window.

To run the showlog script:

1. Open a shell window on the machine where the service log resides.

2. Change the directory to install_directory/bin where install_directory is the fully qualified path where the WAS product is installed.

3. Run the showlog script:

   On Windows systems, the script is named

   showlog.bat
   

   On UNIX systems, the script is named

   showlog
   

 

Displaying user instructions

Run the showlog script with no parameters to display usage instructions.

On Windows systems, the script is named

showlog.bat

On UNIX systems, the script is named

showlog

 

Displaying

the service log contents to the shell window

On Windows and UNIX systems, use the invocation

 showlog service_log_filename

If the service log is not in the default location, fully qualify the service_log_filename

 

Format and write the service log contents

to a file

Use the invocation

 showlog service_log_filename output_filename

If the service log is not in the default location, fully qualify the service_log_filename

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