NAME
log
—
log a message from the kernel through
the /dev/klog device
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/syslog.h>
void
log
(int level,
const char *format, ...);
DESCRIPTION
Thelog
()
function allows the kernel to send messages to user processes listening on
/dev/klog. Usually
syslogd(8) monitors /dev/klog for these
messages and writes them to a log file.
All messages are logged using facility
LOG_KERN
. See
syslog(3) for a listing of log levels.