Administrative Tasks
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Step 5. Issue the UNIX tail command of the file
logfile.
As host messages are generated, they are displayed in
this window.
Step 6. Determine the log file where you can extract
information, for example,
$FS_HOME/syslogs/logfile.
Step 7. Change directory (cd) to the directory where the log
files are stored and make sure that they exist.
Step 8. Run the fsextlog command specifying the log
file where information is extracted.
Use the -t option to extract only those messages that
were logged between starttime and endtime. The
starttime and endtimemustbe before the current time
and the times must be specified as
YYYY:MM:DD:hh:mm:ss.
Extracted logs go to stdout but may be redirected.
%tail -f $FS_HOME/syslogs/logfile
%fsextlog logfile1 -t 1999:01:06 1999:01:07