Subject: Re: printk redirection to a different file
From: Vladimir Saveliev <vs@namesys.com>
To: John Que <qwejohn@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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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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