read the logs from a process

[mathys]

Hi is it possible knowning the PID to read the logs of that process?
For example if I have the PID = 2345 is it possible read the standard / error output of that Process?
thanks

[Whoever]

Hi is it possible knowning the PID to read the logs of that process?
For example if I have the PID = 2345 is it possible read the standard / error output of that Process?
thanks

I don't think there is any way to do this. All you can do is figure out what files are being written to by the process (use lsof) and read those files.

[MartinR]

You can always find out where the logs are:

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# cd /proc/2345/fd
# ls -l
total 0
lrwx------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 0 -> socket:[13650]
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 1 -> /var/log/messages
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 2 -> /var/log/secure
lr-x------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 3 -> /proc/kmsg
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 4 -> /var/log/maillog
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Oct 12 09:48 5 -> /var/log/cron

The example is drawn from rsyslogd.