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ADVISE COLLECT DISPLAY FILES

This command displays the most frequently accessed files on a disk.

Format

ADVISE COLLECT DISPLAY FILES

Description

Use the ADVISE COLLECT DISPLAY FILES command to display hot file activity on your screen. While displaying file activity, you can enter commands to control the display and its characteristics. The following table describes the File Activity display interactive subcommands.

Subcommand

Meaning

EXIT or CTRL+Z

Exits from the display

HELP

Displays HELP information for field descriptions and subcommands

SET DISK

Defines the disks for which statistics are displayed

SET INTERVAL

Defines the rate at which disk statistics are displayed

SHOW DISK

Shows the names of disks for which statistics are displayed

SHOW INTERVAL

Shows the value of the current display interval

SHOW ALL

Shows the value of the current display interval and the names of disks for which statistics are displayed

SPAWN

Spawns a subprocess

WRITE [file-spec]

Copies the screen contents to a file. If no file is specified, the default of PSDC$DISPLAY_FILES.RPT is used

For more information, see the chapter Display File Activity.

Qualifiers

/DISK = (disk[,. . . ])

Specifies the disks on which you wish to monitor file activity with either the physical device name or equivalent logical name. If you do not specify the /DISK qualifier, Performance Agent displays file activity on SYS$SYSDEVICE.

/INTERVAL= seconds

Specifies the interval at which file activity is displayed. The /INTERVAL value must be in the range of 1 to 3600 seconds. If you do not specify an interval, the default value is 10 seconds.

Example

$ ADVISE COLLECT DISPLAY FILES/DISK = $1DUA7/INTERVAL = 120