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- From: vaf@Valinor.Stanford.EDU (Vince Fuller)
- Subject: Re: syslog operations
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.005536.2938@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU
- Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
- References: <1992Dec17.033606.19166@csis.dit.csiro.au>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:55:36 GMT
- Lines: 14
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- In article <1992Dec17.033606.19166@csis.dit.csiro.au>, pierre@csis.dit.csiro.au (Peter Nikitser) writes:
- |> I am trying to compile a set of C programs that use openlog and syslog calls.
- |> Ultimately, I want to write the information from these calls into a certain
- |> log file.
- |>
- |> However, when I run the program, ALL information is logged into the mail log
- |> file. /var/spool/mqueue/syslog, which I don't want!!!
-
- The problem is that Ultrix syslog is still (after how many years...?) the same
- old, brain-damaged 4.2 BSD version. If I'm not mistaken, there are instructions
- in the FAQ for this group that explain how to get a 4.3-based syslog from
- Gatekeeper and install it on your machine.
-
- --Vince
-