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From: rrk@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Moving VMS ACCOUNTNG.DAT files
Message-ID: <129rrk@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 21 May 88 18:09:57 GMT
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Yes, it works.  I would suggest:

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/NAME=NO_ALIAS ACCOUNTNG <destination>

where <destination> has the entire path name including no logicals defined
at less than executive mode (although I'm not sure accounting requires this,
it might, and I always do it).  Then issue "SET ACCOUNTING /NEW_FILE" and
the new file should be at the new destination.  I've successfully used this
scheme (or one similar to it) to redirect the accounting records, not to
a file, but to a system mailbox I created which was then read by a detached
accounting process which then did accounting as the records were generated
instead of having to play catch-up at daily or other intervals as it has
to do if the records are sent to a file.  Hope this helps.

                                AMMON::RAY