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eventlog
Introduces a group of keyword/value pairs, which define an event log. Events that match the
log’s log_filter_spec are selected for handling by this log.
name eventlog_name
The name of the event log.
type log_type
The type of the log. Specify either formatted
or binary. If the log_path
specifies a terminal device, such as
/dev/console, the type is automatically set
to
formatted and cannot be forced to binary
. If the log_path specifies a file, the
default type is
binary. Events are written to formatted logs as single lines of text,
and to binary logs as raw EVM events.
show_template template
The template used to format lines of text for a formatted log. If no template is
specified, the event timestamp and message are written. See the evmshow (1) man-
page for the template syntax.
logfile log_path
Path name of the log file. If a log is a disk file, the logger creates the file if neces-
sary.
If the log name ends in the characters
.dated, the logger replaces that suffix with
the current date in the form yyyymmdd. A new file is started when the first event is
written to the log each day.
alternate log_path
Specifies an alternate path to be used in cases where the primary log cannot be
used.
If the log file specified by
logfile log_path becomes unusable, the logger
switches to the alternate log file.
If the logger is writing to the alternate log, and the error condition which caused the
logger to switch has been cleared, you can revert to the primary log file by using the
evmreload -l command.
maxsize max_logsize
The maximum size, in kilobytes, that the log file may reach. If adding an event to
the file would cause this size to be exceeded, the logger begins a new file. The
logger adds the suffix _n to the name of the new file. The n is a sequentially gen-
erated number.
filter log_filter_spec
Specifies the event selection filter. Events passing this filter are selected for logging
to this event log; all others are ignored. See the EvmFilter (5) manpage for a
description of filter syntax.
include filter_element
Modifies the current log_filter_spec . See the description of include and exclude
keywords in the The include and exclude Keywords subsection.
exclude filter_element
Modifies the current log_filter_spec . See the description of include and exclude
keywords in the The include and exclude Keywords subsection.
explicit_target bool_par
If this keyword is not specified, or if it is specified and bool_par has a value of
FALSE, NO,or0 (zero), the event log handles events posted through the local dae-
mon. Because EVM currently supports only local connection, this argument should
not be set to TRUE.
suppress
The suppression facility minimizes resource waste by limiting the number of identi-
cal events appearing in the log. A description of the event suppression group fol-
lows.
Before being written to the log, each incoming event is matched against the
suppression group’s supp_filter_spec . An event that passes the filter is then
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