AIX 5L Problem Determination - IBM Redbooks

6.4 The errclear command
The errclear command deletes error log entries older than the number of days
specified by the days parameter. To delete all error log entries, specify a value of
0 for the days parameter.
If the -i flag is not used with the errclear command, the error log file cleared by
errclear is the one specified in the error log configuration database. (To view
the information in the error log configuration database, use the errdemon
command.)
The errclear command syntax is as follows:
errclear [ -d ErrorClassList ] [ -i File ]
[ -J ErrorLabel [ ,Errorlabel ] ] | [ -K ErrorLabel [ ,Errorlabel ] ]
[ -l SequenceNumber ] [ -m Machine ] [ -n Node ] [ -N ResourceNameList ] [ -R
ResourceTypeList ] [ -S ResourceClassList ] [ -T ErrorTypeList ]
[ -y FileName ] [ -j ErrorID [ ,ErrorID ] ] |
[ -k ErrorID [ ,ErrorID ] ] Days
Table 6-4 provides the commonly used flags of the errclear command.
Table 6-4 Commonly used flags of the errclear command
Flag Description
-d List Deletes error log entries in the error classes specified by the list
variable. The list variable values can be separated by commas,
or enclosed in double quotation marks and separated by commas
or space characters. The valid list variable values are H
(hardware), S (software), O (errlogger messages), and U
(undetermined).
-i File Uses the error log file specified by the file variable. If this flag is
not specified, the errclear command uses the value from the error
log configuration database.
-j ErrorID[,ErrorID] Deletes the error log entries specified by the ErrorID (error
identifier) variable. The ErrorID variable values can be separated
by commas, or enclosed in double quotation marks and
separated by commas or space characters.
-J ErrorLabel Deletes the error log entries specified by the ErrorLabel variable.
The ErrorLabel variable values can be separated by commas, or
enclosed in double quotation marks and separated by commas or
space characters.
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