Finding the system's log path

[John Macdonald]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:21:14PM -0500, Madison Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   I hope this isn't too obvious a question but is there a system 
> variable, or some other method, to find what the system's log directory? 
> I know that the vast majority of *nix systems use '/log' but is there a 
> way to be sure? I know this isn't it but something like reading the 
> shell value 'LOG' or 'LOG_DIR'?
> 
> Thanks!

Take a look at "man syslog.conf".  I think that the vast
majority if Unix systems use /var/log, actually, and not /log.

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