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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Transfer the logs being thrown into /var/log/messages into another file example /var/log/volumelog Post 302997146 by kenshinhimura on Monday 8th of May 2017 01:33:58 PM
Old 05-08-2017
Transfer the logs being thrown into /var/log/messages into another file example /var/log/volumelog
I have been searching and reading about syslog. I would like to know how to Transfer the logs being thrown into /var/log/messages into another file example /var/log/volumelog.

Code:
tail -f /var/log/messages


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dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
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dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow: no logtype using missing
dblogger: msg_to_dbrow_str: val == NULL

 

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chipcard-tool

CHIPCARD-TOOL(1)														  CHIPCARD-TOOL(1)

NAME

       chipcard-tool - a commandline client to access smart cards via libchipcard

SYNOPSIS

       chipcard-tool  list|check|atr|monitor  [-CFILE]	[--configfile=FILE]  [-fFILE]  [--file=FILE]  [--logtype=TYPE]	[--loglevel=LEVEL] [--log-
       file=FILE] [-v] [--verbous] [-a] [--showall]  [-tTIMEOUT]  [--timeout=TIMEOUT]  [--readers]  [--drivers]  [--services]  [--start-all]  [-h]
       [--help]

DESCRIPTION

       chipcard-tool is a command line client for libchipcard for testing the setup.

ARGUMENTS

       list   List configured readers.

       check  Check the specified reader.

       atr    Execute ATR on the specified reader.

       monitor
	      Monitor communication between server and clients.

OPTIONS

       -C FILE | --configfile=FILE
	      Configuration file to load.

       -f FILE | --file=FILE
	      This filename is used when reading or writing data such as public keys, bank information etc.

       --logtype=TYPE
	      Set the logtype (console, file).

       --loglevel=LEVEL
	      Set the log level (info, notice, warning, error).

       --logfile=FILE
	      Set the log file (if log type is "file").

       -v | --verbous
	      Every occurrence of this option increases the verbosity.

       -a | --showall
	      Show event log for drivers and readers.

       -t TIMEOUT | --timeout=TIMEOUT
	      Set the total timeout for check command.

       --readers
	      Show readers.

       --drivers
	      Show drivers.

       --services
	      Show services.

       --start-all
	      Start all readers when monitoring server

       -h | --help
	      Shows help.

ENVIRONMENT

FILES

       /etc/chipcard/
	      The system-wide configuration files.

       /var/log/chipcard/
	      The default log files.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.libchipcard.de
	      Homepage of libchipcard project.

       /usr/share/doc/libchipcard-tools/
	      Local documentation

BUGS

REVISION

Manual for chipcard-tool					  2009 March 19th						  CHIPCARD-TOOL(1)
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