A new log file is created for every day on which log entries are generated. Log files are placed in the directory indicated by the FWLOGS environment variable if defined, or the ETC directory otherwise.
Log files have the name 'fwmmdd', where mm is the two-digit month number, and dd is the two-digit day number. For example, the log file for March 16th would be named 'fw0316'.
Log files are stored as ASCII text, but they are not in human-readable format. In addition, the current day's log file is locked while the logging daemon is running. For these reasons, you must use the FWLSLOG command in order to view the contents of a log file.
The command to view a log file is
fwlslog file=<filename>
where <filename> is the name of the log file to be viewed.
Because the output can be quite lengthy (depending on the size of the log file), it may be necessary to use this command from within a scrollable console window, such as is provided by the Enhanced Editor (epm 'shell').