From: cching <cal...@gm...> - 2011-05-24 16:11:47
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Hi Markus, Thank you for the quick response. Below is my code: ... // configure daemon to write to syslog openlog("CANgrab_server",LOG_PID,LOG_USER); syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Daemon started\n"); I also tried to have "LOG_CONS|LOG_PID" as the option field in openlog() in the event that if syslog fails, syslogd writes to the console. However, nothing is written to console so it appears that the write to syslog is successful. Thanks, Calvin Markus Svilans-2 wrote: > > Hi Calvin, > > I have been using syslog successfully on the Overo for quite some time. > > Can you show your code that opens the log, and writes to the log? > > When I call the openlog() function, I set the facility parameter to > LOG_USER. Then all of my log messages appear in "/var/log/user.log". > > On a side note, > If your Overo will be running for extended time periods with logging > enabled, you might also be interested in checking out logrotate, to > prevent the log files from absorbing all of the free disk space. > > Regards, > Markus > > > > On 24-May-2011 02:50, cching wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I wrote a daemon in C and am trying to log my messages/prints via syslog. >> I'm able to log and read them successfully when I ran my daemon in my >> Linux >> VM (on my laptop). However, when I run it on the Overo COM, none of my >> messages get logged in syslog (ie. does not appear in /var/log/syslog). >> I'm >> wondering if anyone has come across this issue before and has some >> suggestions? >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Calvin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. > With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, > you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. > Download your free trial now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/reading-syslog-tp31687824p31691689.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |