Log filenames, locales and encodings

This table summarizes the filename, locale and encoding of the log files that are produced, including the system log containers.
Log filenames, locales and encodings
Log use
Log filename (if –output is used)
Locale
Encoding
English log
<name>_en_US_UTF-8.log
For example,
MYDM_en_US_UTF-8.log
en_US
UTF-8
Non-english log
<name>_<locale>_<encoding>.log
For example,
MYDM_ja_JP_<encoding>.log
Defined by
SM_LOCALE
Specified by the
SM_OUTPUT
_ENCODING
variable.
UNIX syslog
Defined by
SM_LOCALE
UTF-8 (permitted and expected by the new IETF syslog-protocol RFC, still in a draft form)
Win Event Log
Defined by
SM_LOCALE
UTF-16