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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 302997192 by Peasant on Tuesday 9th of May 2017 11:37:49 AM
Old 05-09-2017
If you are referring for your application to log into default (messages) or custom log you can use logger command.

Read man logger on your operating system and inspect the files rbatte mentioned to determine current configuration.

Regards
Peasant.
 

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logger::appender(n)					 Object Oriented logging facility				       logger::appender(n)

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NAME
logger::appender - Collection of predefined appenders for logger SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2 package require logger::appender ?1.2? ::logger::appender::console -level level -service service ?options...? ::logger::appender::colorConsole -level level -service service ?options...? _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a predefined set of logger templates. ::logger::appender::console -level level -service service ?options...? -level level Name of the level to fill in as "priority" in the log procedure. -service service Name of the service to fill in as "category" in the log procedure. -appenderArgs appenderArgs Any additional arguments for the log procedure in list form -conversionPattern conversionPattern The log pattern to use (see logger::utils::createLogProc for the allowed substitutions). -procName procName Explicitly set the name of the created procedure. -procNameVar procNameVar Name of the variable to set in the calling context. This variable will contain the name of the procedure. ::logger::appender::colorConsole -level level -service service ?options...? See ::logger::appender::colorConsole for a description of the applicable options. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category logger of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. KEYWORDS
appender, logger CATEGORY
Programming tools COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005 Aamer Akhter <aakhter@cisco.com> log 1.2 logger::appender(n)
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