Chapter 4 - Customizing Your Environment

4.1 Commands to Customize Your Environments

You can customize your system environment from within the interactive command shell. The customized settings must be saved before exiting the interactive command shell. Examples of setting and saving customized settings follow.

4.1.1 Customizing the Default Event Log File

To set the event log to a file other than the default file, enter the following command:

dia> set evt /error/error_log.old

4.1.2 Customizing the Locale Parameter

To set the default locale in the DECevent utility, enter the following command:

dia> set loc AMERICAN_ENGLISH

Note

Only the AMERICAN_ENGLISH locale file is supported by DECevent utility.

4.1.3 Saving Customized Settings

To save your custom settings, enter the following command:

dia> sav

Note

You must save the customized settings before exiting the interactive command shell or the system default settings become valid again.

4.1.4 Restoring Customized Settings

To restore the customized settings in the DECevent utility, enter the following command:

dia> res

This uses the settings in your local settings file $HOME/FMG_LOCAL_PARAM_LIBRARY.KNL.

4.1.4.1 Restoring Default System Settings

To restore default system settings in the DECevent utility enter the following command:

dia> res sys

This uses the global settings in $DIA_LIBRARY/FMG_GLOBAL_PARAM_LIBRARY.KNL.

Refer to Appendix B for a list of all default system settings.