NAME

implogd − IMP logger process

SYNOPSIS

/etc/implogd [ −d ]

DESCRIPTION

Implogd is program which logs messages from the IMP, placing them in the file /usr/adm/implog.

Entries in the file are variable length.  Each log entry has a fixed length header of the form:

struct sockstamp {
shortsin_family;
u_shortsin_port;
structin_addr sin_addr;
time_tsin_time;
intsin_len;
};

followed, possibly, by the message received from the IMP.  Each time the logging process is started up it places a time stamp entry in the file (a header with sin_len field set to 0). 

The logging process will catch only those message from the IMP which are not processed by a protocol module, e.g. IP.  This implies the log should contain only status information such as “IMP going down” messages and, perhaps, stray NCP messages. 

SEE ALSO

imp(4P), implog(8C)

BUGS

The messages should probably be sent to the system error logging process instead of maintaining yet another log file. 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  4 March 1983