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Creating an Initialization File

You can specify a sequence of monitor interface commands to be executed automatically when you invoke either the monitor or connect interfaces. Put the commands in an initialization file named as follows:

CONSOLE$USER_DEFAULTS:CONSOLE$MONITOR_INIT.DAT

Or, if this logical name is not defined, use:

SYS$LOGIN:CONSOLE$MONITOR_INIT.DAT

Note that you can only use the following commands in the initialization file:

• ONE
• NEW
• NEXT
• PREVIOUS
• VIEW
• SET HALT_KEY
• SET BREAK_KEY
• SET ESCAPE_KEY
• SET EXIT_KEY
• SET REFRESH_KEY

You must start each command on a new line in the initialization file. For example:

Example

SET ESCAPE_KEY CTRL_F

SET EXIT_KEY CTRL_B
NEW
NEW
NEW

In this example, the escape key is set to CTRL_F and the exit key is set to CTRL_B. When you enter a monitor session, four log windows will be available: the original, plus three others. They will display the console log data for the same system, as the VIEW command is not used in the initialization file.

If you have an initialization file and you do not want to invoke it when connecting to the system Pepper, or running a monitor interface session, specify the following switch on the connect command line:

Enter:

$ CONSOLE CONNECT PEPPER/NOINIT

Alternatively, specify the following switch on the monitor interface command line:

$ CONSOLE MONITOR/NOINIT