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strerr(1M)

STREAMS error logger daemon

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

strerr - STREAMS error logger daemon

SYNOPSIS

strerr

DESCRIPTION

strerr receives error log messages from the STREAMS log driver [log(7)] and appends them to a log file. The error log files produced reside in the directory /var/adm/streams, and are named error.mm-dd, where mm is the month and dd is the day of the messages contained in each log file. The format of an error log message is: <seq> <time> <ticks> <flags> <mid> <sid> <text>

<seq> error sequence number

<time> time of message in hh:mm:ss

<ticks> time of message in machine ticks since boot priority level

     <flags>   T : the message was also sent  to  a  tracing
               process
               F : indicates a fatal error
               N : send mail to the system administrator

     <mid>     module ID number of source

     <sid>     sub-ID number of source

     <text>    formatted text of the error message
Messages that appear in the error log are intended to report
exceptional  conditions  that  require  the attention of the
system administrator.  Those  messages  which  indicate  the
total  failure of a STREAMS driver or module should have the
F flag set.  Those messages requiring the  immediate  atten-
tion  of  the  administrator will have the N flag set, which
causes the error logger to send the message  to  the  system
administrator  via  mail.  The priority level usually has no
meaning in the error log but will have meaning if  the  mes-
sage is also sent to a tracer process.

Once initiated, strerr continues to execute until terminated by the user. It is commonly executed asynchronously.

FILES

/var/adm/streams/error.mm-dd

NOTES

Only one strerr process at a time is permitted to open the STREAMS log driver.