2.12 pdcat (Display messages in file)

Organization of this section
(1) Common function
(2) Common format
(3) Common options
(4) Common note

(1) Common function

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

(2) Common format

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

Note
The specifiable options depend on the display object type.

(3) Common options

Specifies the type of file to be displayed:

sts
Status file
Default
Message log file

(4) Common note

  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.