102 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
102 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.\" Local macros
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.de Xr
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.BR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
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..
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.de LB
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.TP \\$1
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\\fB\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.de LI
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.TP \\$1
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\\fI\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.de LR
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.TP \\$1
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\\fR\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.\" end local macros
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.DD June 6, 1993
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.TH LOGGER 1 "Jan. 18, 2000"
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.\" Os BSD 4.3
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.SH NAME
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logger \- make entries in the system log
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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logger
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.RB [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-f " " file ]
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.RB [ \-p " " pri ]
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.RB [ \-t " " tag ]
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.B message ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Logger provides a shell command interface to the
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.Xr syslog 3
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system log module.
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.PP
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The following options are available to control message formatting:
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.PP
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.LB 9 -i "Log the process id of the logger process with each line."
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.\" LB 9 -s "Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log."
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.LB 9 "-f file" "Log the specified file."
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.LB 9 "-p pri" "Enter the message with the specified priority.
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The priority may be specified numerically or as a `facility.level'
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pair. For example, `\-p local3.info' logs the message(s) as
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.BR info rmational
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level in the
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.B local3
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facility. The default is `user.notice'.
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.LB 9 "-t tag" "Mark every line in the log with the specified
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.BR tag .
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.LB 9 message "Write the message to log. If not specified, and the"
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.B \-f
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flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
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.PP
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The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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logger System rebooted
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.PP
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logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.Xr syslog 3 ,
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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.SH STANDARDS
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The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (`POSIX') compatible.
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