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strerr(8)
NAME
  strerr - Receives error messages from the STREAMS log driver

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/strerr [-a sys_admin_mail_name] [-d logdir]

OPTIONS
  -a sys_admin_mail_name
      Specifies the mail name of the user to receive the message via mail.
      This is the system administrator by default.

  -d logdir
      Specifies the directory to contain the error log file.  This is
      /var/adm/streams by default.

DESCRIPTION
  The strerr daemon receives error messages from the STREAMS log driver
  (strlog) for addition to the STREAMS error log files (error.mm.dd) in the
  STREAMS error logger directory (/var/adm/streams by default). When first
  called, the strerr daemon creates the log file error.mm.dd.  This is a
  daily log file, where mm indicates the month and dd indicates the day of
  the logged messages. The strerr daemon then appends each error message that
  it subsequently receives from the STREAMS log driver to the log file.

  STREAMS error log messages have the following format:

       seq_num	std_time  ticks_time  flags  mod_ID  sub_ID  msg_text

  seq_num
      The error sequence number.

  std_time
      The time the message was sent, in the format hh:mm:ss.

  ticks_time
      The time the message was sent, measured in machine ticks since the last
      boot.

  flags
      Can be any of the following indicators:

      T	  Indicates that the message has also been saved in the process's
	  trace log.

      F	  Indicates that the message signaled a fatal error.

      N	  Indicates that the message is to be sent to the system
	  administrator or specified user via mail.

  mod_ID
      The module identification number of the trace message source.

  sub_ID
      The subidentification number of the trace message source.

  msg_text
      The trace message text.

  The strerr daemon will run continuously until terminated by the user.

NOTES
  Only one strerr process can open the STREAMS log driver at a time. This
  restriction is intended to maximize performance.

  The STREAMS error logging mechanism works best when it is not overused.
  The strerr daemon can degrade STREAMS performance by affecting the
  response, throughput, and other behaviors of the drivers and modules that
  invoke it. The daemon will also fail to capture messages if drivers and
  modules generate messages at a higher rate than its optimum read rate.
  Missing sequence numbers among the messages in a log file indicate that
  messages have been lost.

FILES
  /var/adm/streams/error.mm.dd
      The error log file or files on which strerr operates

RELATED INFORMATION
  Interfaces: strlog(7)

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