MSGPATH

onconfig.std
value

On UNIX: /usr/informix/online.log
On Windows NT: online.log

if not present

On UNIX: /dev/tty

range of values

Pathname

takes effect

When shared memory is initialized

utilities

onutil

refer to

Message log in the chapter on overview of database server administration in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Guide

MSGPATH specifies the full pathname of the message-log file. The database server writes status messages and diagnostic messages to this file during operation.

If the file that MSGPATH specifies does not exist, the database server creates the file in the specified directory. If the directory that MSGPATH specifies does not exist, the database server sends the messages to the database administrator's terminal.

If the file that MSGPATH specifies does exist, the database server opens it and appends messages to it as they occur.

To modify the MSGPATH parameter dynamically, use the onutil SET command. Example:

% onutil
1> SET MSGPATH "/usr/informix/online2.log";