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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:59:33 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eugene.teo@eugeneteo.net>
To: John Que <qwejohn@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: printk redirection to a different file
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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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Eugene TEO -  <eugeneteo%null!cc!uic!edu> <http://www.anomalistic.org/>
1024D/14A0DDE5 print D851 4574 E357 469C D308  A01E 7321 A38A 14A0 DDE5
main(i) { putchar(182623909 >> (i-1) * 5&31|!!(i<7)<<6) && main(++i); }

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