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Device for Status Messages.

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you may want to prevent subtests that require user interaction from running-such as when you run the diagnostics overnight. Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen. This parameter allows you to direct status messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, status messages are written to a file named result. This file is automatically created on a diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the diskette, then new status messages are added to it. The result file is an ordinary American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. You can access the result file with the MS-DOS® type command as follows: type result The contents of the file appear on the screen. After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the status messages generated by the tests in the result file, you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the file. Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen. The Output Device for Error Messages parameter allows you to direct error messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, error messages are written to the result file used for status messages. This file is automatically created on a diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the diskette, then new error messages are added to it. The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can access and review the result file with the MS-DOS type command as described in the previous subsection, "Output Device for Status Messages." After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the error messages generated by the tests in the result file, you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are added at the end of the previous ones in the file. Running the Dell Diagnostics 5-9

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Running the Dell Diagnostics
5-9
you may want to prevent subtests that require user interaction from running—such as
when you run the diagnostics overnight.
2XWSXW±’HYLFH±IRU±6WDWXV±0HVVDJHV
Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen. This parameter allows you
to direct status messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you
choose the File option, status messages are written to a file named
result
. This file is
automatically created on a diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the
result
file already exists on the diskette, then new status messages are added to it.
The
result
file is an ordinary American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(ASCII) text file. You can access the
result
file with the MS-DOS
®
type
command as
follows:
¶³
6HOHFW²4XLW²WR²H[LW²WKH²GLDJQRVWLFV²DQG²UHWXUQ²WR²WKH²RSHUDWLQJ²V\VWHP²
SURPSW³
·³
$W²WKH²RSHUDWLQJ²V\VWHP²SURPSW´²W\SH²WKH²IROORZLQJ²FRPPDQG²DQG²
SUHVV²Ã(QWHU!±²
type result
The contents of the file appear on the screen.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the status messages generated
by the tests in the
result
file, you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear
for the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are added at
the end of the previous ones in the file.
2XWSXW±’HYLFH±IRU±(UURU±0HVVDJHV
Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen. The Output Device for Error
Messages parameter allows you to direct error messages to either a printer or a file,
in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, error messages are written to
the
result
file used for status messages. This file is automatically created on a diskette
in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If the
result
file already exists on the diskette,
then new error messages are added to it.
The
result
file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can access and review the
result
file
with the MS-DOS
type
command as described in the previous subsection, “Output
Device for Status Messages.”
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the error messages generated by
the tests in the
result
file, you can erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for
the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are added at the
end of the previous ones in the file.