ERRDEMON(1M) (Essential Utilities) ERRDEMON(1M)
NAME
errdemon - error-logging daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/errdemon [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
The error logging daemon errdemon collects error records
from the operating system by reading the special file
/dev/error and places them in file. If file is not
specified when the daemon is activated, /usr/adm/errfile is
used. Note that file is created if it does not exist;
otherwise, error records are appended to it, so that no
previous error data is lost. No analysis of the error
records is done by errdemon; that responsibility is left to
errpt(1M). The error-logging daemon is terminated by using
errstop(1M). Only the superuser may start the daemon, and
only one daemon may be active at any time.
FILES
/dev/error source of error records
/usr/adm/errfile repository for error records
DIAGNOSTICS
The diagnostics produced by errdemon are intended to be
self-explanatory.
SEE ALSO
errpt(1M), errstop(1M), err(7).
kill(1) in the User's Reference Manual.
Page 1 May 1989