LOGGER

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BSD 4.3  

NAME

logger - make entries in the system log  

SYNOPSIS

logger [-is ] [-f file ] [-p pri ] [-t tag ] [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.
-f file
Log the specified file.
-p pri
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 info rmational level in the local3 facility. The default is ``user.notice.''
-t tag
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

syslog(3), syslogd(8)  

STANDARDS

The logger command is expected to be St -p1003.2 compatible.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS

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Time: 23:07:11 GMT, May 09, 2009