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From: dbrooks@osf.osf.org (David Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Why does my /etc/syslog rack up CPU time?
Keywords: syslog unix ultrix
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Date: 10 Nov 89 15:46:05 GMT
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In article <110@cupcake.sal.wisc.edu> jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
>We have a MicroVax running Ultrix, and the /etc/syslog process seems to
>be locked in some kind of deadly embrace...  it is building up CPU time
>as if it is CPU bound.  ps(1) shows accumulated times like 675.23, and
>shows the time to be increasing at nearly real time.

I had exactly the same thing happen on a pmax.  I fixed it, but I
forget exactly how now...damn.

But I remember creating a directory, and I think it was
/usr/spool/mqueue (which is referenced in /etc/syslog.conf).  Try
that.  You might even touch the file syslog.
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