Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:00:15 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why /var/log/ppp.log Message-ID: <199805132000.VAA00336@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 May 1998 11:52:42 CDT." <19980513115242.A10613@rfcnet.com>
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> > Why does PPP use /var/log/ppp.log and/or /var/log/slip.log by default. Doesn't > the directory name 'log' imply that the files stored there are logfiles?? > > I always rename /var/log/ppp.log to /var/log/ppp -- just wondering if there is > some reason that it is named differently than the other log files. When I originally picked up ppp, it used this name.... when it was syslogd()ified, it kept the name. There's no good reason (except that it's now what everyone knows). > -- > Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com> > RF Communications, Inc. -- http://www.rfcinc.com -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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