Log files

A log file contains log message header information and log message content. The message content is set by the log entry type and the logging level. Log entry types are described in Log entry types. Logging levels are described in Logging settings .

The message header information is consistent across all combinations of log entry types and logging levels. For example:

[06/10/31@14:07:15.892-0400] P-002702 T-002867 2 4GL DYNOBJECTS

Where:

06/10/31 is the date in yy/mm/dd format

14:07:15.892 is the time in hh:mm:ss.mls

0400 is the time zone, expressed as the number of hours relative to GMT

002702 is the process ID

002867 is the thread ID

2 is the logging level associated with this log entry

4GL is the execution environment

DYNOBJECTS is the log entry type

For an ABL client, specify the log file with the Client Logging (-clientlog) startup parameter. For AppServer and WebSpeed, the log is the normal AppServer or WebSpeed log file (for example, asbroker1.server.log). For WebSpeed Messenger, Unified Broker, NameServer, AIA, the log file is specified through OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer. For DataServers, specify the log file for the client content with the Client Logging (-clientlog) startup parameter; specify the log file for the server content with the DataServer Logging (-dslog) startup parameters.

In this section:

Specifying the log filename

Clearing the log file

Writing user messages to the log file

Closing the log file