I've just cracked my install.log file(s) for the first time and I could use some help understanding the anatomy of the file. The thing I need to understand is the significance of the bracketed number.
Example:
Jun 5 08:16:13 My-MacBook-Pro Installer[2605]
It appears that each number applies to a specific install. Is this true? And how is the number generated?
Another question that would help me... How would you have tagged this question?
Thanks for helping out a newbie!
That's the process id number (pid) of the installer.
$ ps auxww | grep -i install
user 82649 0.0 0.3 1047576 12176 ?? S 3:19PM 0:00.27 /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer -psn_0_7882628
From /var/log/install.log
May 7 15:20:30 My-MacBook-Pro Installer[82649]: User picked Standard Install