implogd(8c)
NAME
implogd − IMP logger process
SYNTAX
/etc/implogd [ −d ]
DESCRIPTION
The implogd program logs messages from the IMP, placing them in the file /usr/adm/implog.
Entries in the file are variable length. Each log entry has a fixed length header of the form:
struct sockstamp {
shortsin_family;
u_shortsin_port;
structin_addr sin_addr;
time_tsin_time;
intsin_len;
};
This is followed, possibly, by the message received from the IMP. Each time the logging process is started up, it places a time stamp entry in the file (a header with sin_len field set to 0).
The logging process will catch only those messages from the IMP which are not processed by a protocol module. This implies that the log should contain only status information such as “IMP going down” messages and, perhaps, stray NCP messages.