Four keywords are used as parameters to the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command: ALLOCATION, [NO]CREATE, EXTENSION, and FILE. You must always use the FILE keyword; you can also use any, all, or none of the other three keywords. Use an equal sign (=) immediately after the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command to use a keyword. If you use more than one of the keywords, enclose the list in parentheses and separate the items in the list with commas. ALLOCATION=n Specifies the initial size, in blocks, of the journal. The ALLOCATION keyword is meaningful only when the CREATE keyword is also used. The default allocation is 0 blocks. CREATE Specifies that a new journal is to be created. If no journal exists, using this keyword creates a new one. If a journal (with the file specification given in this command) already exists, using this keyword creates a new version of the journal. In the latter instance, the data file named in this SET FILE command is journaled to the new journal. Any other files that are being journaled to the previous version of the journal will continue to be journaled to that previous version. If a journal does not already exist, be sure to use the CREATE keyword with the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command. If you do not specify the CREATE keyword and the file that you specify with the FILE keyword does not exist, a journal will not automatically be created and an error message is displayed. When you create a journal for after-image journaling, the file protection for the journal is determined as follows: o If a version of the journal that you specify with the CREATE keyword already exists, then the new version of the journal has the same file protection and access control list (ACL) as the most recent version. o If there is no existing journal (that is, if you are creating version 1 of the journal), then the file protection and ACL of the journal are the default file protection for the process that creates the journal, except that none of the four ownership categories (system, owner, group, world) is given delete access. Also, every time that you use the CREATE keyword, be sure to make a backup copy of the data file. (If it is the first time that the data file is marked for after-image journaling, then you must make a backup copy of the data file, regardless of whether the CREATE keyword is used.) NOTE To be able to recover the data file at a later time, you must mark the file for journaling, and then make a backup copy of the data file, even if it contains no data. In most cases (in particular, when you are using after-image journaling to protect against loss of data from a device failure), you should keep the backup copy on a different volume from the data file. If recovery becomes necessary, you will be able to perform after-image recovery only if a backup copy of the data file is available. If you want to use a single journal for both after-image and before-image journaling, do not use the CREATE keyword with both the /AI_JOURNAL and /BI_JOURNAL qualifiers, because that will create two separate journals. When you create a journal that will be used for more than one data file or more than one type of journaling (after-image or before-image), you should first use a SET FILE command to create the journal for a single type of journaling and for a single data file. After the journal is created, then you can use a single SET FILE command for multiple data files and both after-image and before-image journaling. For example, you might use the following sequence of commands: $ SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL=(FILE=JNL_DISK:,CREATE) [WEEKLY]SALES.DAT $ SET FILE/BI_JOURNAL=(FILE=JNL_DISK:[WEEKLY]SALES) - _$INVOICES.DAT,COMMISSIONS.DAT EXTENSION=n Specifies the default extension quantity, in blocks, for the journal. You can specify a value from 0 to 65,535. The EXTENSION keyword is meaningful only when you use the CREATE keyword. If the file is extended, the value that you specify is used. If you do not use the EXTENSION keyword when you create a journal, RMS calculates its own EXTENSION value for the journal. FILE=journal-filespec Specifies the journal where all modifications to the named data file will be recorded. The default file specification for the journal is the file specification of the data file that you name, but with a file type of RMS$JOURNAL. If you provide a partial file specification for the journal, any unspecified portions are taken from the default file specification. The FILE keyword is required when you use the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command. If you are using after-image journaling to protect against the loss of data due to a device failure (such as a head crash), you should keep the journal on a different volume from the one on which the data file is kept. Only by keeping the data file and journals on separate volumes can you use after-image recovery to restore the data file if its recording medium becomes corrupted (for example, by a disk head crash). If you issue the SET FILE/AI_JOURNAL command and the journal is on the same volume as the data file being marked for after-image journaling, the INVAIJDEV warning message is issued. The file specification cannot include a node name, since the SET FILE command is not valid for network access. You can use a single journal for multiple data files for after- image journaling, and you can also use a single journal for both after-image and before-image journaling.