ERRDEMON(8,C) AIX Commands Reference ERRDEMON(8,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- errdemon PURPOSE Starts the error-logging demon. SYNTAX 1 /usr/lib/errdemon ---| ----------------- 1 This command is not usually run from the command line. DESCRIPTION The error-logging demon errdemon collects error records from the operating system by reading the special file /dev/error and places them in one of two error log files. errdemon creates the names of the two log files by adding a .0 and .1 to the end of the file name found in /etc/rasconf. If an error log file does not already exist, errdemon creates one. The errdemon command adds error records to the first error log file until it reaches the maximum allowable length specified in /etc/rasconf. At that point, errdemon closes the first error log file, changes the file name from file name.0 to file name.1, and opens a new file name.0. Thus, the newest error records are always in file name.0. When it is full, errdemon overwrites the first file. You can stop the error-logging demon by sending it a SIGKILL signal (see "errstop"). Normally, the /etc/rc command file runs errdemon at system startup. Only a user operating with superuser authority can start errdemon, and only one demon may be active at any time. FILES /dev/error Source of error records. /etc/rasconf Configuration file. /etc/rc System startup file. /usr/adm/ras/errfile* Repository for error records. RELATED INFORMATION See the following commands: "errpt, errpd," "errstop," and "kill." Processed November 8, 1990 ERRDEMON(8,C) 1 ERRDEMON(8,C) AIX Commands Reference ERRDEMON(8,C) See the error and nvram files in AIX Operating System Technical Reference. Processed November 8, 1990 ERRDEMON(8,C) 2