Contents

• Introduction
  • The need for cyclic logs
  • Cyclic log commands
  • Machine-independent structure
  • Simple API
  
  
• Using the cyclic log package
• The alog command
  • Purpose
  • Syntax
  • Description
  
  
• The acat command
  • Purpose
  • Syntax
  • Description
  
  
• The atail command
  • Purpose
  • Syntax
  • Description
  
  
• The C API
  • Creating a cyclic log
  • Opening and closing cyclic logs
  • Reading and writing cyclic logs
  • Error handling
  
  
• The C++ API
  • Creating a cyclic log
  • Opening and closing cyclic logs
    • Constructors
    • Destructor
  • Reading and writing cyclic logs
  • Error handling
  
  
• Design Notes
  • The cyclic log header
  • The cyclic log descriptor
  • The cyclic_log class

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