LOGGER

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 24, 1990
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NAME

logger - make entries in the system log  

SYNOPSIS

logger [ -i ] [ -s ] [ -ffile ] [ -ppri ] [ -ttag ] message...  

DESCRIPTION

Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module.

Options:

-i
Log the process id of the logger process with each line.
-s
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
-ffile
Log the specified file.
-ppri
Enter the message with the specified priority. The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' pair. For example, ``-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as informational level in the local3 facility. The default is ``user.notice.''
-ttag
Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.
message
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the ``-f'' flag is not provided, standard input is logged.

The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.  

EXAMPLES

logger System rebooted

logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
 

SEE ALSO

syslogd(8)  

STANDARDS

The logger function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.


 

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