Overview of the error_log File

The error_log file displays messages from the scheduler such as "warnings", "errors", and so on:

• Level: The level field contains the type of message:

  • A: Alert message (LogLevel alert)

  • C: Critical error message (LogLevel crit)

  • D: Debugging message (LogLevel debug)

  • d: Detailed debugging message (LogLevel debug2)

  • E: Normal error message (LogLevel error)

  • I: Informational message (LogLevel info)

  • N: Notice message (LogLevel notice)

  • W: Warning message (LogLevel warn)

  • X: Emergency error message (LogLevel emerg)

• Time of Printing: The date-time field contains the date and time when the page started printing. The format of this field is identical to the data-time field in the page_log file.

• Message: This field contains free-form textual messages. In the following examples of the error_log files, the last field contains messages of this type.

The syntax for the error_log file is level date-time message.

The following are the some examples of entries in the error_log file ...