The pdcat command displays the contents of HiRDB system files for a specified type of display object.

 
 pdcat [-d display-object-type] [display-object-type-options]
 

Note

The specifiable options depend on the display object type.

• -d display-object-type

Specifies the type of file to be displayed:

sts

Status file

Default

Message log file

1. Return code 0 for the pdcat command indicates normal termination, and return code 8 indicates abnormal termination.
2. If you specify only the TMPDIR environment variable without specifying the pd_tmp_directory operand in the system definition and you cancel the pdcat command or other HiRDB command during execution, a file whose name begins with pdcmd might remain in the directory set by the TMPDIR environment variable. In this case, use the OS's rm command to delete such a file.