.TH LOG 4
.CT 2 log_man
.SH NAME
log \- security log file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <sys/log.h>
.SH DESCRIPTION
The special files
.FR /dev/log/log00 
through
.FR /dev/log/log15
refer to `repository' files nominated by
.IR syslog (2).
.PP
The kernel automatically records selected events on
the `system log file'
.FR /dev/log/log00
in the form described in
.IR log (5).
.PP
Any process with write access may write on a log file;
no process has read access.
Each write places in the repository file a
.IR log (5)
record with
.B code
=
.BR LOG_USER .
The data written are truncated to
.B LOGLEN
bytes and placed in the
.B body 
field.
When logging is not turned on, a log file
acts like a write-only
.BR /dev/null .
.SH FILES
.F /dev/log/*
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR syslog (2),
.IR log (5),
.IR syslog (8)