Everett F Batey writes: > It would facilitate on the fly debugging and ability set echo 'IT DIED HERE' > messages in the boot up as well as the restart sequences .. I'm sure SVC / SV > CADM is a great step but for us old guys who dont get to the Sun class anymor > e or have a big support group in Solaris, learning to live with the improvem > ents is daunting without the ability to insert test marks in the sequences.
Messages emitted to stdout/stderr are captured in the service logfile, which allows them to be available for postmortem debugging. Additionally, you can always either emit something directly to console (redirect using >/dev/msglog), or use the smf_console() shell funtion available in /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh in your methods to make sure your output goes to both the console *and* the per-service logfile. liane -- Liane Praza, Solaris Kernel Development liane.praza at sun.com - http://blogs.sun.com/lianep
