os_sup

os_sup

Module

os_sup

Module summary

Interface to OS System Messages

Description

os_sup is a process providing a message passing service from the operating system to the error logger in the Erlang runtime system. It is part of the OS_Mon application, see os_mon(6). Available for Solaris and Windows.

Messages received from the operating system results in an user defined callback function being called. This function can do whatever filtering and formatting is necessary and then deploy any type of logging suitable for the user's application.

Solaris Operation

The Solaris (SunOS 5.x) messages are retrieved from the syslog-daemon, syslogd.

Enabling the service includes actions which require root privileges, such as change of ownership and file privileges of an executable