1msglog(7D) Devices msglog(7D)
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6 msglog - message output collection from system startup or background
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14 Output from system startup ("rc") scripts is directed to /dev/msglog,
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18 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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23 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
24 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
25 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
26 │Availability │SUNWcsr │
27 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
28 │Interface Stability │Stable │
29 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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32 syslogd(1M), syslog(3C), attributes(5), sysmsg(7D)
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35 In the current version of Solaris, /dev/msglog is an alias for
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40 syslog(3C) provides a more general logging mechanism than /dev/msglog
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45SunOS 5.11 13 Oct 1998 msglog(7D)