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.TH MSGLOG 4D "Oct 13, 1998"
.SH NAME
msglog \- message output collection from system startup or background
applications
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/dev/msglog\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Output from system startup ("rc") scripts is directed to \fB/dev/msglog\fR,
which dispatches it appropriately.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Stable
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR syslog (3C),
.BR sysmsg (4D),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR syslogd (8)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
In the current version of Solaris, \fB/dev/msglog\fR is an alias for
\fB/dev/sysmsg\fR.  In future versions of Solaris, writes to \fB/dev/msglog\fR
may be directed into a  more general logging mechanism such as
\fBsyslogd\fR(8).
.sp
.LP
\fBsyslog\fR(3C) provides a more general logging mechanism  than
\fB/dev/msglog\fR and should be used in preference to \fB/dev/msglog\fR
whenever possible.