FILETEXTEXIT

The FILETEXTEXIT option specifies a file to which enabled events are routed. Each logged event is a fixed-size, readable line.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramFILETEXTEXIT NoYesfile_name REPLACEAPPENDPRESERVE

Parameters

Yes
Specifies that event logging to the file exit receiver begins automatically at server startup.
No
Specifies that event logging to the file exit receiver does not begin automatically at server startup. When this parameter has been specified, you must begin event logging manually by issuing the BEGIN EVENTLOGGING command.
file_name
Specifies the name of the file in which the events are stored.
REPLACE
Specifies that if the file already exists, it will be overwritten.
APPEND
Specifies that if the file already exists, data will be appended to it.
PRESERVE
Specifies that if the file already exists, it will not be overwritten.

Examples

Windows operating systems
filetextexit yes \tsm\server\data replace
Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems
filetextexit yes /tsm/server/data replace