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Use the Secure Shell Log File

The log file contains information you can use to troubleshoot Secure Shell connections.

Note: You can use the Logging Level setting to determine the amount of information written to the Secure Shell log. This setting is available from the Reflection Secure Shell Settings dialog box -- General tab.

To use the log file from the Reflection workspace

  1. Do one of the following:

    If you are using this "look and feel"

    Do this...

    The Reflection button

    Reflection Ribbon

    a. On the Tools tab, in the Tracing group, click Start Trace.

    b. Make your connection.

    c. In the Tracing group, choose Stop Trace, and then choose Process Trace.

    The Reflection button

    Reflection Browser

    a. On the Reflection menu choose Tools, Trace, and then Start Trace.

    b. Make your connection.

    c. On the Reflection menu choose Tools, Trace, and then Stop Trace.

    d. In the search box, enter P and then, under Actions, select Process Trace.

  2. Select Network protocol details, and then click OK.
  3. Locate the event file (*.rev) and then click Open.
  4. Select a filename and format for your log output, and then click Save.

To use the log file from the FTP Client

  • Do one of the following:

    To

    Choose

    Send log information to a file

    Tools > Start Logging, and then change Files of Type to "Diagnostic File (*.txt)".

    View the log information in the FTP command window

    View > Command Window.