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Subject: Re: A sort of plan for consoles in FreeBSD
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On Sunday 28 May 2006 01:05, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20060528.011518.1306332021.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner
> Losh" writes
>
> >In message: <16029.1148764704@critter.freebsd.dk>
> >
> >            Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> >: 4. The /dev/console device in multi-user mode.
> >:     Emergency output device for critical messages.
> >
> >Who is generating these messages?
>
> Typically programs in distress.

FWIW. The syslog(3) library call will open /dev/console if it cannot 
connect to the syslog socket and LOG_CONS is set.

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