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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;SET WATCH FILE&#039;&#039;&#039; is a <a href="/DCL" title="DCL">DCL</a> <a href="/Command" title="Command">command</a> that monitors selected file activity. It requires the <a href="/CMEXEC" title="CMEXEC">CMEXEC</a> privilege. =Syntax= SET WATCH FILE /CLASS ==Qualifier...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;SET WATCH FILE&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[DCL]] [[Command|command]] that monitors selected file activity. It requires the [[CMEXEC]] privilege.<br /> <br /> =Syntax=<br /> SET WATCH FILE /CLASS<br /> <br /> ==Qualifiers==<br /> * /CLASS=keyword specifies the class of activity to be monitored.<br /> <br /> ==Keywords==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! colspan=&quot;col&quot; | Keyword<br /> ! colspan=&quot;col&quot; | Description<br /> |-<br /> | ALL<br /> | Enable all file activity monitoring.<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]ATTACHED<br /> | Undetermined<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]ATTRIBUTE<br /> | Reading and writing of file attributes; such as done with the directory command.<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]CONTROL_FUNCTION<br /> | Use of file system control functions.<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]DIRECTORY_OPERATIONS<br /> | Modifications to directories by creating, deleting and renaming files.<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]DUMP <br /> | Dump contents of File Information Blocks (FIB).<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]MAJOR_FUNCTION <br /> | Log activities for major functions including file lookup, access and deaccess.<br /> |-<br /> | NONE <br /> | Turn off all file activity monitoring.<br /> |-<br /> | [NO]QUOTA_OPERATIONS <br /> | Activity associated with changes to disk quotas and usage. <br /> |}<br /> <br /> =Examples=<br /> <br /> $ set watch file /class=all<br /> $ dir<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:<br /> 00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00030000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:<br /> 00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00030000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Volume protection: Access requested: 00000001, Status: 00000001, PrvUsd: 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, File protection (10729,6,0): Access requested: 00000001, Status: 00000001, PrvUsd: 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: Record attributes tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: User file characteristics tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: File header tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Access tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0) Status: 00000001<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Final status: 02000001<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:<br /> 00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000<br /> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000<br /> %XQP, Thread #0, Deaccess (10729,6,0) Reads: 1, Writes: 0, Status: 00000001<br /> <br /> Directory USER$DISK:[JDOE.OPENVMS.tests]<br /> ...<br /> Total of 14 files.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:DCL Commands]]</div>

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