| .TH BOOTLOGD 8 "Aug 24, 1999" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| bootlogd \- record boot messages |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B /sbin/bootlogd |
| .RB [ \-d ] |
| .RB [ \-r ] |
| .RB [ \-v ] |
| .RB [ " -l logfile " ] |
| .RB [ " -p pidfile " ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| \fBBootlogd\fP runs in the background and copies all strings sent to the |
| \fI/dev/console\fP device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible, |
| the messages will be buffered in-memory until it is. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .IP \fB\-d\fP |
| Do not fork and run in the background. |
| .IP \fB\-r\fP |
| If there is an existing logfile called \fIlogfile\fP rename it to |
| \fIlogfile~\fP unless \fIlogfile~\fP already exists. |
| .IP \fB\-v\fP |
| Show version. |
| .IP \fB\-l logfile\fP |
| Log to this logfile. The default is \fI/var/log/boot.log\fP. |
| .IP \fB\-p pidfile\fP |
| Put process-id in this file. The default is no pidfile. |
| .SH NOTES |
| There is no standard way to find out the real console device if you have |
| a new-style \fI/dev/console\fP device (major 5, minor 1). \fBBootlogd\fP |
| might have some difficulties to do this, especially under very old |
| or very new kernels. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR dmesg (8) |