Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
Finding
Messages
in
an
Old
Error
Log
T
o
nd
messages
in
an
old
error
log,
do
the
follo wing:
1.
Change
to
the
directory
where
the
error
log
les
reside.
En
ter
a
command
similar
to
the
following:
cd
/var/opt/pd/Spool1/
2.
En
ter
ls .
The
system
will
resp ond
with
a
list
of
directory
and
le
names
con
tained
in
that
directory
.
Among
them
there
might
b e
sev
eral
les
starting
with
error.log
suc
h
as:
error.log
error.log.BAK
error.log.BAK.19950804174858
3.
Find
t
w
o
time-stamp
les
where
the
p erio
d
of
time
y
ou
are
in
terested
in
falls
b et
w
een.
4.
Lo ok
in
the
le
with
the
later
time-stamp
of
these
t
w
o
les.
Note
If
the
time
p erio
d
y
ou
are
lo
oking
for
is
later
than
the
last
time-stamp
le,
lo
ok
in
the
error.log.BAK
le.
5.
Find
the
le
y
ou
b elieve
the
log
en
try
y
ou
are
lo
oking
for
is
in.
Use
an
editor
to
lo
ok
at
the
le
b
y
en
tering
a
command
similar
to
the
following:
vi
error.log.BAK.19950804174858
This
will
display
the
error
log.
6.
Bro
wse
the
le
for
messages
of
in
terest.
If
y
ou
w
an
t
to
nd
more
ab out
the
message,
see
\Using
the
Messages
in
Error
Logs".
Using
HPDPS
Error
Logs
12-7