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'\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
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.\" Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Miquel van Smoorenburg.
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.\"
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.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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.\" (at your option) any later version.
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.\"
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.\"
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.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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.\"
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.TH BOOTLOGD 8 "Aug 24, 1999" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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bootlogd \- record boot messages
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /sbin/bootlogd
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.RB [ \-d ]
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.RB [ \-r ]
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.RB [ \-v ]
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.RB [ " -l logfile " ]
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.RB [ " -p pidfile " ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBBootlogd\fP runs in the background and copies all strings sent to the
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\fI/dev/console\fP device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible,
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the messages will be buffered in-memory until it is.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP \fB\-d\fP
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Do not fork and run in the background.
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.IP \fB\-r\fP
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If there is an existing logfile called \fIlogfile\fP rename it to
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\fIlogfile~\fP unless \fIlogfile~\fP already exists.
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.IP \fB\-v\fP
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Show version.
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.IP \fB\-l logfile\fP
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Log to this logfile. The default is \fI/var/log/boot.log\fP.
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.IP \fB\-p pidfile\fP
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Put process-id in this file. The default is no pidfile.
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.SH NOTES
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There is no standard way to find out the real console device if you have
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a new-style \fI/dev/console\fP device (major 5, minor 1). \fBBootlogd\fP
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might have some difficulties to do this, especially under very old
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or very new kernels.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dmesg (8)
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