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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" $NetBSD: logger.1,v 1.4 1994/12/22 06:26:59 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dt LOGGER 1
+.Os BSD 4.3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm logger
+.Nd make entries in the system log
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm logger
+.Op Fl is
+.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl p Ar pri
+.Op Fl t Ar tag
+.Op Ar message ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Logger
+provides a shell command interface to the
+.Xr syslog 3
+system log module.
+.Pp
+Options:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "message"
+.It Fl i
+Log the process id of the logger process
+with each line.
+.It Fl s
+Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
+.It Fl f Ar file
+Log the specified file.
+.It Fl p Ar 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
+.Ar info Ns rmational
+level in the
+.Ar local3
+facility.
+The default is ``user.notice.''
+.It Fl t Ar tag
+Mark every line in the log with the specified
+.Ar tag .
+.It Ar message
+Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
+.Fl f
+flag is not
+provided, standard input is logged.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm logger
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+logger System rebooted
+
+logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr syslog 3 ,
+.Xr syslogd 8
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm logger
+utility conforms to
+.St -p1003.2-92 .