Log files in 10.8

hisara · 11-29-2012, 08:14 AM

In SL console log was some kind of database. Does ML have all logs as real files?

fracai · 11-29-2012, 10:37 AM

From what I remember of SL, the logging is pretty much the same in ML. In neither is all logging to a database, some goes to the ASL database and some goes to individual files under /var/log, /System/Library/Logs/, /Library/Logs/, and /Users/you/Library/Logs/.

Here's a hint on working with ASL from the command line.

And a post indicating that the database mirrors what is also written out to files.

11-29-2012, 08:14 AM	#1
hisara Major Leaguer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 280	Log files in 10.8 In SL console log was some kind of database. Does ML have all logs as real files?

11-29-2012, 10:37 AM	#2
fracai MVP Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,012	From what I remember of SL, the logging is pretty much the same in ML. In neither is all logging to a database, some goes to the ASL database and some goes to individual files under /var/log, /System/Library/Logs/, /Library/Logs/, and /Users/you/Library/Logs/. Here's a hint on working with ASL from the command line. And a post indicating that the database mirrors what is also written out to files. __________________ i am jack's amusing sig file Last edited by fracai; 11-29-2012 at 10:41 AM.
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