Client trace file

Enter the path name of a trace file to which Client trace messages will be written, if tracing is enabled.

You do not have to enter an extension for the file name, because a file of type .BIN is always generated (or .WRP if the trace file wraps).

If no path is specified, the trace is written as follows:

<install_path>\bin\cicscli.bin

Start of changeOn Windows Vista, log and trace files for the Client daemon process must be defined with a fully qualified file name, for example:
C:\ProgramData\IBM\CICS Universal Client\cicscli 
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Start of changeOn Windows Vista the user who starts CICS® Universal Client must have write access to the log files. End of change

To minimize any performance impact, the trace file is written out in binary format. To read it, convert the file to ASCII using the cicsftrc command.

For details of the corresponding entry in the configuration file, see TRACEFILE (CLIENT section of the configuration file).