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From: gautier@charly.taclog.af.mil (Sgt Richard Gautier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Error messages to the console
Message-ID: <26918@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 17 May 91 01:59:05 GMT
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For standard error messages of the OOOPS, I messed up
variety, I would depend on just writing the output to
stderr with a fprintf(stderr,"OOPS");

  However, if you must write to the console, you can
open /dev/console on most Unix boxes, and fprintf your
info to that.  On some Unix boxes, there is an errorlog
that is constantly checked and sent to the console (used
for DISK crashes, etc.)  Do a ps and see if you have any
cat -u processes running for console.


                                Rich Gautier
                              gautier@taclg.af.mil