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18 .TH BOOTLOGD 8 "Aug 24, 1999" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
20 bootlogd \- record boot messages
26 .RB [ " -l logfile " ]
27 .RB [ " -p pidfile " ]
29 \fBBootlogd\fP runs in the background and copies all strings sent to the
30 \fI/dev/console\fP device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible,
31 the messages will be buffered in-memory until it is.
34 Do not fork and run in the background.
36 If there is an existing logfile called \fIlogfile\fP rename it to
37 \fIlogfile~\fP unless \fIlogfile~\fP already exists.
41 Log to this logfile. The default is \fI/var/log/boot.log\fP.
43 Put process-id in this file. The default is no pidfile.
45 There is no standard way to find out the real console device if you have
46 a new-style \fI/dev/console\fP device (major 5, minor 1). \fBBootlogd\fP
47 might have some difficulties to do this, especially under very old
50 Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl