Starting the Log Viewer

To start the Log Viewer, issue the following command from an AIX® or Linux® command shell:

./txlogs.sh [log.directory.spec | ? ]

This command must be run from the cmd subdirectory of the Transaction Server installation path. The single parameter is optional. Running the Log Viewer without a parameter uses the default log directory specification. Table 1 explains this default operation.

Table 1. Log Viewer default log directory
Option	Default Value	Description
log.directory.spec	..//logs//tslog%g.xml	Directory specification for log files
?	n/a	Shows the command line help

You typically invoke the Log Viewer without any options. This starts the Log Viewer showing the logs in your default logging directory. If you have modified this location in your Transaction Server configuration, you can modify the tslogs.bat file to change the default directory. Just edit this file with a standard text editor and you should see the following line:

rem set parms=..\\logs\\tslog%g.xml

Remove the "rem" from the line and modify the directory specification to suit your particular configuration. The Log Viewer now defaults to your directory.

Alternately, you can specify a specific log directory specification directly on the command line. This is useful for viewing saved log information that you have copied to other directories on your Transaction Server. Note the "%g" embedded in the log directory specification. This tag marks the location of the log file generation number as present in your Transaction Server configuration settings. This is the only pattern allowed in the log directory specification for the Log Viewer. The others ("%t", "%h", "%u", and "%%") are not allowed.