x11r4 man page for msglog

Query: msglog

OS: x11r4

Section: 7d

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msglog(7D)							      Devices								msglog(7D)

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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Stable | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
syslogd(1M), syslog(3C), attributes(5), sysmsg(7D)
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(1M). syslog(3C) provides a more general logging mechanism than /dev/msglog and should be used in preference to /dev/msglog whenever possible. SunOS 5.10 13 Oct 1998 msglog(7D)