On 06/02/2013 05:32 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Baho Utot wrote:
>> On my LFS-SVN system I am setting up as a name/email server.....
>>
>> LFS >=7.3 /run is a symlink to /var/run
> No, that's backwards.  /var/run -> /run

OK

>
>> grep bootlog /lib/lsb/init-functions
>> BOOTLOG=/run/var/bootlog
>>
>> This puts the bootlog into /var/run/var/bootlog is this correct?
> No. It's in /run/var/bootlog like it says.  You can do
>
> cat /var/run/var/booglog
>
> and get the same thing, but why?

See below

>
> BTW, after boot is complete the rc script does:
>
> cat /run/var/bootlog >> /var/log/boot.log
>
> # Mark the end of boot
> echo "--------" >> /var/log/boot.log
>
> # Remove the temporary file
> rm -f /run/var/bootlog 2> /dev/null
>
>     -- Bruce

So I see the file is removed after booting.

/var/log/bootlog is then recreated if you start a daemon not running at 
boot or restart a daemon after booting. Why?



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