PMDF System Manager's Guide

The destinationfilter channel keyword (synonymous with the obsolete channelfilter keyword) enables message filtering on the destination channels to which it is applied. The sourcefilter channel keyword enables message filtering on the source channels to which it is applied. These keywords each have one required parameter which specifies the path to the corresponding channel filter file associated with the channel.

The syntax for the destinationfilter channel keyword is

destinationfilter URL-pattern

and similarly the syntax for the sourcefilter channel keyword is

sourcefilter URL-pattern

where URL-pattern is a URL specifying the path to the filter file for the channel in question. For instance, suggested usage on OpenVMS is

destinationfilter file:///PMDF_TABLE:channel-name.filter

or on UNIX or NT

destinationfilter file:///pmdf/table/channel-name.filter

where channel-name is the name of the channel, e.g., l, tcp_local, ln_local, etc.

Channel filter files must be world-readable. Note that a channel filter file will be owned by the PMDF server account---usually PMDF on OpenVMS, or pmdf on UNIX.