On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 02:11:38PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/19/2013 05:02:40 AM, Ashwini Sharma wrote: > >Hi Rob, > > > > Attached is the syslogd patch. Features supported are > > > >usage: syslogd [-a socket] [-p socket] [-O logfile] [-f config > >file] [-m > >interval] > >[-p socket] [-s SIZE] [-b N] [-R HOST] [-l N] [-nSLKD] > > > >In this implementation, __/dev/log__ is used as the default input > >source > >and __/var/log/messages__ as the default > >output destination. > > The second one is in accordance with <strike>the prophecy</strike> > Filesystem Hirearchy Standard 2.3: > > http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#VARLOGLOGFILESANDDIRECTORIES > > The first one isn't in FHS, and devtmpfs with Aboriginal's kernel > config isn't providing "log". (It's providing "kmsg", but I dunno if > that's the same thing.) Where does this data source come from and > how would I set it up in my own system? (I'm not objecting, I'd just > like to document how to use it.) $ stat /dev/log File: `/dev/log' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 socket Device: 5h/5d Inode: 4052 Links: 1 Access: (0666/srw-rw-rw-) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2013-07-24 18:17:01.636641806 -0700 Modify: 2013-07-22 17:27:26.115667760 -0700 Change: 2013-07-22 17:27:26.115667760 -0700
I'm not sure what creates /dev/log, though. > >Please review and apply the patch to hg, and let me know for any > >comments. > > I applied this and the other two commands to the pending directory. > I didn't apply the previous batch's libc or makefile changes yet. > >regards, > >Ashwini > > Thanks, > Rob HTH, Isaac Dunham _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
