Description

The BACKUP_LOG option causes the log (the System event log or the log specified by the LOG_TYPE option) to be backed up before it is cleared via the CLEAR_LOG option.

BACKUP_LOG is valid only when used with CLEAR_LOG.

Usage

Method	Syntax	IBM i	HP NonStop	UNIX	Windows	z/OS
Command Line, Short Form	-b filename
Command Line, Long Form	-backup filename
Configuration File Keyword	n/a

Values

filename is the name of the log to be backed up.