Re: printk redirection to a different file

From: Vladimir Saveliev
Date: Mon Apr 12 2004 - 05:48:08 EST


Hello

On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 14:39, John Que wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had added printk calls in a linux kernel module
> for debug purposes.
> Now , I want that this calls will be loggoed not to
> /var/log/messages (this is where
> the printk messages are on RH9) but to a different file.
>
> I am thinking of one main alternative:
>
> create a debug_printk() method (by copying the printk.c to debug_printk.c
> , doing needed changes , and call debug_printk() method instead of
> printk() methods where I want messages to a different log file).
>
> Problem is that I do not see where in printk.c it
> says that the messages will go to /var/log/messages.
>
> (I assume that this is done with a logging system daemon).
>
>
> any idea what to do ?
man syslog.conf

> regards,
> John
>
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