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Verbose Mode

Copy the SOS Start icon

Copy the SOS Start icon on the desktop and rename it SOS Start Verbose.

Do this by right clicking the icon and selecting Copy File and then pasting that file to the desktop. Right click the new icon and select Properties to rename it under the Basic tab.

Alter the Launcher Command

In the Properties window select the Launcher tab and add env SOS_VERBOSE=1 in front of the existing command so that it reads env SOS_VERBOSE=1 /shared/sos/bin/sos start.

Screenshot of the SOS Start Properties dialog on the Launcher tab — Change the command used to start SOS from the `Properties` dialog on the desktop icon.

Launch SOS

Once you’ve updated the launcher command for your new SOS Start Verbose desktop icon, double-click it to launch SOS in verbose mode.

Follow the Logs

To display the commands being sent to the Automation Control Protocol open a terminal and type:

$ tail -f /home/sos/sos_stream_control.log | grep handle_command