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NAME

msglog - message output collection from system startup or background
applications

SYNOPSIS

/dev/msglog

DESCRIPTION

Output from system startup ("rc") scripts is directed to /dev/msglog,
which dispatches it appropriately.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Stable |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

syslog(3C), sysmsg(4D), attributes(7), syslogd(8)

NOTES

In the current version of Solaris, /dev/msglog is an alias for
/dev/sysmsg. In future versions of Solaris, writes to /dev/msglog
may be directed into a more general logging mechanism such as
syslogd(8).


syslog(3C) provides a more general logging mechanism than
/dev/msglog and should be used in preference to /dev/msglog whenever
possible.

October 13, 1998 MSGLOG(4D)