From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B486F138A1A for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:29:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A5C3E0876; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:29:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 032C0E086C for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t1HJTFVR026099 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:29:16 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id t1HJTFYO028268 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:29:15 -0500 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng: how to read the log files In-reply-to: References: <87lhjws8ci.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> Comments: In-reply-to Alexander Kapshuk message dated "Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:38:45 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <28266.1424201355.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:29:15 -0500 Message-ID: <28267.1424201355@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-t1HJTFVR026099 X-Archives-Salt: 38029c26-a6b2-474e-94fd-a7114f02222a X-Archives-Hash: 9e44c1594129eb271384728378e4ce66 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:26 PM, lee wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > how do you read the log files when using syslog-ng? > > > > The log file seem to be some sort of binary that doesn't display too > > well in less, and there doesn't seem to be any way to read them. > > > > > > -- > > Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons > > might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable. > > > > > If you're talking about /var/log/messages, which is: > messages: data > > I use cat(1). I wonder if the OP is using systemd and trying to read the journal files? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com