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The clauses
included in a trace specification are read in the order they appear
in the string. Therefore, if multiple variations of the *=info clause
are included in a trace specification, the last value specified is
the value that determines the trace level that the system logs. If
you specify
*=info as the last clause, tracing
occurs at the info level regardless of other clauses that are specified
in the trace string. For example, if you specified the following trace
string:
*=info:PMGR=all:*=info:com.ibm.ws.sm.*=all
is
equivalent to simply specifying:
*=all
Because
the final clause overrides all clauses that were specified ahead of
it in the string.
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gotcha
On an application server, trace output
can be directed either to a file or to an in-memory circular buffer.
If trace output is directed to the in-memory circular buffer, it must
be dumped to a file before it can be viewed.
On
an application client or stand-alone process, trace output can be
directed either to a file or to the process console window.