On 22/10/2018 21:59, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:08:57 +0000 > Daniel Abrecht <d...@danielabrecht.ch> wrote: > >> On 22/10/2018 19.38, Steve Litt wrote: >>> Is logger just another sister of syslog-ng and rsyslog? >> Snip [Edited for brevity] > > Hi Daniel, > > You were so thorough giving facts that I didn't understand your answer: > Would you recommend using logger to transfer daemon stderr (and > configurationally stdout) to the log files? > > You appeared (to me) to say that logger does per default log to the > system logger, and (my interpretation but I know little) that system > logger could be either syslog-ng or rsyslog. If my two intrpretations > earlier this paragraph are true, I personally would draw the conclusion > that logger will write the logs regardless of whether the computer is > set up for syslog-ng, rsyslog, or some other log writer, and thus > logger would be the best and most widely compatible choice. > > Do you agree that logger would be the best and most widely compatible > choice? In my experience yes, absolutely, suitable for both enterprise and embedded systems. Your interpretation is correct (logger can do more). But there is one caveat where there is a gaping hole in my knowledge.
Having logging working at the earliest point in the boot process is a very desirable attribute. Potentially even before all file systems have been mounted (the kernel uses a cache buffer so pre-file system log info is not lost). Does 'runit' have its own built-in method for passing information to the system logs ? If it does I would not immediately rule that out in favour of 'logger', especially if it caches. I will have to set a devuan (VM as I lack hardware) test system up and research further before I can answer. > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > September 2018 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business > http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
