Added reference to readbootlog to the bootlogd manual page. This

should allow Debian bug #725123 to be closed.
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Jesse Smith 2018-11-12 20:58:44 -04:00
parent 5d3815b0ff
commit f064d8f4b9
2 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ sysvinit (2.92) unreleased; urgency=low
produced by bootlogd. The output is displayed cleaned up so there
are no control characters. This avoids the need to use sed or related
tools to try to clean up the contents of the log.
* Added manual page for readbootlog program.
* Added manual page for readbootlog program. Updated bootlogd page
to reference it. Closes Debian bug #725123.
sysvinit (2.91) world; urgency=low

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@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ Show version.
Log to this logfile. The default is \fI/var/log/boot\fP.
.IP "\fB\-p\fP \fIpidfile\fP"
Put process-id in this file. The default is no pidfile.
.SH NOTES
bootlogd saves log data which includes control characters. The log is
technically a text file, but not very easy for humans to read. To address
this the readbootlog(1) command can be used to display the boot log
without the control characters.
.SH BUGS
Bootlogd works by redirecting the console output from the console device.
(Consequently \fBbootlogd\fP requires PTY support in the kernel configuration.)
@ -69,4 +74,4 @@ If that syntax is ever changed by the kernel, or a console type is used that
.SH AUTHOR
Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR dmesg (8), fdatasync (3).
.BR dmesg (8), fdatasync (3), readbootlog(1).