Where does linux store my syslog?

Question

I wrote a simple test application to log something in a log file. I am using linux mint and after the application executes I try to view the log using this command: <

Answer 1

I'm running Ubuntu under WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux) and systemctl start rsyslog didn't work for me.

So what I did is this:

$ service rsyslog start

Now syslog file will appear at /var/log/