Indicating a log destination

An ODA sends its messages into its log destination. The log is an external destination that is available for viewing by those needing to review the start state of the ODA. The log destination is defined at ODA configuration time by the configuration property TraceFileName as the absolute path name of an external file, which must reside on the same machine as the ODA's process.

Note:
Because the ODK API provides one method to log both trace and error messages, an ODA has only one file to hold both these kinds of messages. Therefore, although this file is called a trace file, it also contains any error messages that the ODA generates.

For information on the format of the trace-file name, see Specifying a trace file.

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