John Beckett ([log in to unmask]) replied: > OTOH I think the concept Guy did for the CSL has merit in many places. > Maybe HP would allow a parameter somewhere which would fork a copy of > console messages into a circular file so that the implementation could be > cleaner, and maybe send the primary stream somewhere other than ldev 20. > Then you could have a job that did your filtering and sent the output to > the physical console. Whatever, I don't think it would be a good idea to > have HP doing the actual filtering. I guarantee they can't satisfy > everybody, and I'd rather see their efforts going into something that is > possible. I agree about having HP doing the filtering. What I envisioned was a way to exclude certain messages from being displayed to the console based on a substring (i.e., avoid displaying "/LOGON FOR: " if I chose to). I also like you notion of archiving just the console messages (I feel a project coming on). ======================================================================= Guy Smith Voice: 804-527-4000 ext 6664 Circuit City Stores, Inc. FAX: 804-527-4116 9950 Mayland Drive E-Mail: attmail.com!bronco!guys Richmond, VA 23233-1464 Private E-Mail: [log in to unmask] The thoughts expressed herein are mine and do not reflect those of my employer, or anyone with common sense.