Is there an equivalent to the Windows Event Log in Linux? When services crash or processes running in disconnected session explode, where's the problem logged to?
More specifically, if a Java JVM app dies, where does the JVM write to? On Windows, there's the WER system that collects crash telemetry (more info).
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Maybe /var/log directory is what you need. There are many log files by default.
1What do you mean "die"? If it e.g. segfaults, yuo might find something as discussed here in /var/log/syslog. Otherwise a crashed process might leave you with a core dump. I'm not sure if and where java itself performs "voluntary" logging if it is not java tha crashes but an app that java runs, but indeed tha java process would be the one responsible for logging java-specific info about problems with its daughter processes.
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