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349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993
359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt LOGGER 1
369b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.3
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm logger
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd make entries in the system log
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm logger
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl is
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl f Ar file
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl p Ar pri
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl t Ar tag
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Ar message ...
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm Logger
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprovides a shell command interface to the
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr syslog  3
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimessystem log module.
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesOptions:
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width "message"
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl i
579b50d902SRodney W. GrimesLog the process id of the logger process
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimeswith each line.
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl s
609b50d902SRodney W. GrimesLog the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl f Ar file
629b50d902SRodney W. GrimesLog the specified file.
639b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl p Ar pri
649b50d902SRodney W. GrimesEnter the message with the specified priority.
659b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimespair.
679b50d902SRodney W. GrimesFor example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
689b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar info Ns rmational
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslevel in the
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar local3
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimesfacility.
729b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe default is ``user.notice.''
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl t Ar tag
749b50d902SRodney W. GrimesMark every line in the log with the specified
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar tag  .
769b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Ar message
779b50d902SRodney W. GrimesWrite the message to log; if not specified, and the
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl f
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimesflag is not
809b50d902SRodney W. Grimesprovided, standard input is logged.
819b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
839b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm logger
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh EXAMPLES
879b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslogger System rebooted
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimes
909b50d902SRodney W. Grimeslogger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
919b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed
929b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
939b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr syslog 3 ,
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr syslogd 8
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
969b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm logger
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand is expected to be
999b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.St -p1003.2
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimescompatible.
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