PMDF System Manager's Guide

This section discusses channel keywords, which appear after the channel name on the first line of the channel definition. These keywords following the channel name are used to assign various attributes to the channel. Keywords are case insensitive, and may be up to 32 characters long; any additional characters are ignored. The supported keywords are listed alphabetically in Table 2-5 and by functional group in Table 2-6.

Specifying a keyword not on the list of keywords shown in Table 2-5 or Table 2-6 is not an error (although it may be incorrect). On OpenVMS systems, such undefined keywords are interpreted as rightslist identifiers, while on UNIX systems, such undefined keywords are interpreted as group ids; see Section 2.3.4.89 for more details. The PMDF TEST/REWRITE (OpenVMS) or pmdf test -rewrite (UNIX and NT) utility will tell you if you have any keywords in your configuration file that don't match a known rightslist identifier. See Chapter 29 or Chapter 30 for instructions on how to use PMDF TEST/REWRITE or pmdf test -rewrite, respectively.

Following the summary tables listing the keywords are sections describing each of the channel keywords in detail.