errupdate(8) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



ERRUPDATE(8,C)              AIX Commands Reference               ERRUPDATE(8,C)



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errupdate



PURPOSE

Updates an error report template.

SYNTAX


             +-- file --+
errupdate ---|          |---|
             +- file-o -+


DESCRIPTION

The errupdate command adds, replaces, or deletes error report format templates
in the file /etc/errfmt.  The errupdate command creates an undo file in the
current directory that it names file.undo.err.  You can use this undo file as
input to errupdate with the -o (override) flag to undo the changes errupdate
has just made.

The errupdate command adds the extension .err to the file name you specify and
reads update commands from the file with that name and extension.  The first
field of each template contains an operator:

+  To add or replace a template

-  To delete a template.

If the operation is +, then the following fields contain the template to be
replaced.  If the operation is a -, the second field contains the
class/subclass/mask identifier of the template to delete.  The errupdate
command checks for valid combinations of identifiers and writes error messages
if it encounters invalid combinations.  When adding or replacing, it compares
the version numbers of each input template with the version number of the
existing template of the same class/subclass/mask and, if the version number of
the input template is later, replaces the old template with the input template.
If the template does not already exist, it is added to the file.  The input
template must contain an identifier line on the first line:

  * /etc/errfmt

or the errupdate command rejects the input file.  All delete operations are
performed before the add/replace operations.

FLAG

-o Does no version number checking.



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ERRUPDATE(8,C)              AIX Commands Reference               ERRUPDATE(8,C)




EXAMPLE

The following is an example input file:

  * /etc/errfmt
  + H87 2.0 Native Serial: IODN D2: IOCN D2: Base_Addr D4:\
           Dev_Name A4: \n: Dev_Type X4: DDI_Length D4: Error_Type X1:\
           Last_I/O X1: Line_Status X1: Printer_Status X1:
  - H92

FILES

/etc/errfmt           Contains error report format files.
file.err              errupdate file.
file.undo.err         errupdate undo file.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "errpt, errpd."



































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