On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 20:40, amit mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I've written some kernel modules using kprobes infrastructure > to grab some more information on network packets. I've lots of > printk which by default show up in syslog file(/var/log/messages), > I was wondering if there are some method to redirect my printkS > to appear in somewhere else(say /var/log/netlog). > On a busy system, it gets little cluttered with other logs. Of-course > i can grep for my own custom messages but it would be lot more > convenient if i can redirect my messages in a separate log file. side speaking, consider using netlink and create a user space netlink grabber specificly to read the messages that thrown in your netlink channel. IMO that would be faster and not cluttering the syslog buffer...especially if you need to save tons of messages.....just my $ 0.002 tips :D -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
