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msglog - message output collection from system startup or background
applications
/dev/msglog
Output from system startup ("rc") scripts is directed to /dev/msglog,
which dispatches it appropriately.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Stable |
+--------------------+-----------------+
syslog(3C), sysmsg(4D), attributes(7), syslogd(8)
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)
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)