Devices                                                msglog(7D)



NAME
     msglog - message output collection from  system  startup  or
     background applications

SYNOPSIS
     /dev/msglog


DESCRIPTION
     Output from system startup ("rc")  scripts  is  directed  to
     /dev/msglog, which dispatches it appropriately.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsr                     
    
     Interface Stability          Stable                      
    


SEE ALSO
     syslogd(1M), syslog(3C), attributes(5), sysmsg(7D)

NOTES
     In the current version of Solaris, /dev/msglog is  an  alias
     for  /dev/sysmsg.   In future versions of Solaris, writes to
     /dev/msglog may be directed into  a   more  general  logging
     mechanism such as syslogd(1M).


     syslog(3C) provides a more general logging  mechanism   than
     /dev/msglog  and should be used in preference to /dev/msglog
     whenever possible.















SunOS 5.11          Last change: 13 Oct 1998                    1