How can I increase the size of log.bshell6.2 file created? Is there a parameter that I need to tweak.

I see that the log.bshell6.2 is rolled over to olg.bshell6.2 but how do i increase the size for any of these?

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I have also wondered where the logs are managed.

I additional question is: Is there a predefined variable that has the path for the bshell log file and other log files or better still a function/dll that we can use to write additional log messages.

Whilst is is easy enough to use $BSE/log/xxxxx, the actual log file name is not necessarily 'bshell'. One of our instances it is 'bshell6.1' beacuse we use ipc_info to intercept logon. This would change to bshell6.2 when we upgrade porting set etc.

Terry

The log will not change with a change of portingset from ...6.1 to whatever nr. is the portingset.
The bshell6.1 is strictly associated with Triton/BaanIV and these numbers will not change to 6.2 within those versions.

The log name may not change to log.bshell6.2 with the change to porting set 6.2 ( I don't knoe because we have not changed yet), but it will change to log.bshell6.2 if bshell6.2 is specified in ipc_info as a result of installing the 6.2 version.
Also the other case I mentioned where we use ipc_info on one instance but not on another the log file will log.bshel on one and log.bshell6.x on another.

My question was directed at avoiding ' hard coding ' a path name.

Terry

ps_reddy,

To answer the original question... I don't think it is possible to increase the maximum size of the log files. I think the size is limited by the Baan software itself.

This is not longer an issue. From the technical notes of the portingset:


By default, the size of the logfiles in $BSE/log is 512k. When the log file
exceeds that size, it will move the logifle to type olg and start writing from
scratch.
With the newly introduced resource ‘log_size’, the size of the log files can be
adjusted. The default value is: 512.
The parameter can, for example, be set by adding the following line to the
$BSE/lib/defaults/all file:
log_size:1024


Dieter