Error Logging

## 2 Error Logging

### 2.1 Error Information From the Runtime System

Error information from the runtime system, that is, information about a process terminating due to an uncaught error exception, is by default written to terminal (tty):

    =ERROR REPORT==== 9-Dec-2003::13:25:02 ===
    Error in process <0.27.0> with exit value: {{badmatch,[1,2,3]},[{m,f,1},{shell,eval_loop,2}]}

The error information is handled by the error logger, a system process registered as `error_logger`. This process receives all error messages from the Erlang runtime system and also from the standard behaviours and different Erlang/OTP applications.

The exit reasons (such as `badarg` above) used by the runtime system are described in Errors and Error Handling in the Erlang Reference Manual.

The process `error_logger` and its user interface (with the same name) are described in error_logger(3). It is possible to configure the system so that error information is written to file instead/as well as tty. Also, it is possible for user defined applications to send and format error information using `error_logger`.

### 2.2 SASL Error Logging

The standard behaviors (`supervisor`, `gen_server`, etc.) sends progress and error information to `error_logger`. If the SASL application is started, this information is written to tty as well. See SASL Error Logging in the SASL User's Guide for further information.

    % erl -boot start_sasl
    Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.4.13 [hipe] [threads:0] [kernel-poll]

    =PROGRESS REPORT==== 31-Mar-2006::12:45:58 ===
              supervisor: {local,sasl_safe_sup}
                 started: [{pid,<0.33.0>},
                           {name,alarm_handler},
                           {mfa,{alarm_handler,start_link,[]}},
                           {restart_type,permanent},
                           {shutdown,2000},
                           {child_type,worker}]

    =PROGRESS REPORT==== 31-Mar-2006::12:45:58 ===
              supervisor: {local,sasl_safe_sup}
                 started: [{pid,<0.34.0>},
                           {name,overload},
                           {mfa,{overload,start_link,[]}},
                           {restart_type,permanent},
                           {shutdown,2000},
                           {child_type,worker}]

    =PROGRESS REPORT==== 31-Mar-2006::12:45:58 ===
              supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
                 started: [{pid,<0.32.0>},
                           {name,sasl_safe_sup},
                           {mfa,{supervisor,
                                    start_link,
                                    [{local,sasl_safe_sup},sasl,safe]}},
                           {restart_type,permanent},
                           {shutdown,infinity},
                           {child_type,supervisor}]

    =PROGRESS REPORT==== 31-Mar-2006::12:45:58 ===
              supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
                 started: [{pid,<0.35.0>},
                           {name,release_handler},
                           {mfa,{release_handler,start_link,[]}},
                           {restart_type,permanent},
                           {shutdown,2000},
                           {child_type,worker}]

    =PROGRESS REPORT==== 31-Mar-2006::12:45:58 ===
             application: sasl
              started_at: nonode@nohost
    Eshell V5.4.13  (abort with ^G)
    1>

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