Reading logfiles on OpenWrt

If you are used to Linux systems, you know that logfiles are usually located in /var/log/ – but there is only three files in that directory on OpenWrt:

root@OpenWrt:~# ls /var/log/
lastlog   messages  wtmp
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /var/log/*
Sep 21 15:56:26 OpenWrt syslog.info syslogd started: BusyBox v1.11.2
root@OpenWrt:~#

So, to read the logfile from syslogd you should use the logread command, which outputs the messages in syslogd’s circular buffer.

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Tags: howto, OpenWrt