SET WATCH

SET WATCH FILE is a DCL command that monitors selected file activity. It requires the CMEXEC privilege.

Syntax

SET WATCH FILE /CLASS

Qualifiers

• /CLASS=keyword specifies the class of activity to be monitored.

Keywords

Keyword	Description
ALL	Enable all file activity monitoring.
[NO]ATTACHED	Undetermined
[NO]ATTRIBUTE	Reading and writing of file attributes; such as done with the directory command.
[NO]CONTROL_FUNCTION	Use of file system control functions.
[NO]DIRECTORY_OPERATIONS	Modifications to directories by creating, deleting and renaming files.
[NO]DUMP	Dump contents of File Information Blocks (FIB).
[NO]MAJOR_FUNCTION	Log activities for major functions including file lookup, access and deaccess.
NONE	Turn off all file activity monitoring.
[NO]QUOTA_OPERATIONS	Activity associated with changes to disk quotas and usage.

Examples

$ set watch file /class=all
$ dir
%XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:
    00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00030000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:
    00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00030000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, Volume protection: Access requested: 00000001, Status: 00000001, PrvUsd: 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, File protection (10729,6,0): Access requested: 00000001, Status: 00000001, PrvUsd: 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: Record attributes tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)
%XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: User file characteristics tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)
%XQP, Thread #0, Read attributes: File header tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0)
%XQP, Thread #0, Access tests.DIR;1 (10729,6,0) Status: 00000001
%XQP, Thread #0, Final status: 02000001
%XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, FIB contents:
    00000000 000629E9 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000
    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
%XQP, Thread #0, Deaccess (10729,6,0) Reads: 1, Writes: 0, Status: 00000001

Directory USER$DISK:[JDOE.OPENVMS.tests] ... Total of 14 files.