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Date:      Wed, 13 May 1998 21:00:15 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why /var/log/ppp.log 
Message-ID:  <199805132000.VAA00336@awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 May 1998 11:52:42 CDT." <19980513115242.A10613@rfcnet.com> 

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> Why does PPP use /var/log/ppp.log and/or /var/log/slip.log by default.  Doesn't
> the directory name 'log' imply that the files stored there are logfiles??
> 
> I always rename /var/log/ppp.log to /var/log/ppp -- just wondering if there is
> some reason that it is named differently than the other log files.

When I originally picked up ppp, it used this name.... when it was 
syslogd()ified, it kept the name.  There's no good reason (except 
that it's now what everyone knows).

> -- 
> Matthew Cashdollar <mattc@rfcnet.com>
> RF Communications, Inc. -- http://www.rfcinc.com

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....



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