Conference vaxuum::document_ft

664.0. "Eliminating "noise" from batch log files" by CASEE::CLARK (Ward Clark) Wed Jul 15 1987 09:50

    When DOCUMENT/BATCH is specified, a batch job similar to the following
    is created and submitted:

	$ verify_context = 'f$verify(1)' ! SYS$SCRATCH:DOC$SAMPLE.TMP - Start
	$ d = "document"
	$ set = "set"
	$ set noon
	$ set default device:[directory]
	$ D /BATCH SAMPLE REPORT LN03
	$ exit ($status + (0 * f$verify(verify_context))) ! SYS$SCRATCH:DOC$SAMPLE.TMP - End

    The resulting batch log file contains every line of this temporary
    file.  It seems to me that most of these lines are "noise" (extraneous
    information).

    Changing the temporary file to the following would eliminate the noise,
    leaving only the indicated lines in the batch log.

	$ document = "document"
	$ set = "set"
	$ set noon
	$ verify_context = f$verify(1)
===>>	$ SET DEFAULT device:[directory]
===>>	$ DOCUMENT /BATCH sample report ln03
	$ exit ($status + (0 * 'f$verify(verify_context)'))

    Note that the apostrophes surrounding the F$VERIFY functions are
    opposite from the current usage.

    -- Ward

         
         Thank you.  Being more from unixland than from VMSland
         I didn't know that.  I will put it in V1.1.
         
         Chris