way to flush /var/log/message

[JD]

On 05/19/2012 11:51 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Is there a way to flush output to /etc/log/message so a tail -f 
> catches things when they happen rather than what I think I am seeing 
> as a buffer hold-until-full delay?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
output of what?
  See
logger (1)         - a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system 
log module
rsyslog.conf (5)     - rsyslogd(8) configuration file
rsyslogd (8)         - reliable and extended syslogd
Sys::Syslog (3pm)    - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
syslog (2)         - read and/or clear kernel message ring buffer; set 
console_loglevel
syslog (3)         - send messages to the system logger
syslog (3p)         - control system log
vsyslog (3)         - send messages to the system logger