Re: printk redirection to a different file

[Eugene Teo <eugene.teo@eugeneteo.net>]

Wrong mailing list.

Edit /etc/syslog.conf so that the messages will be forwarded to
a different file.

Eugene

<quote sender="John Que">
> 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 ?
> regards,
> John
> 
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