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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- STANDARDS
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