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                     33: .Dd June 6, 1993
                     34: .Dt LOGGER 1
1.5       aaron      35: .Os
1.1       deraadt    36: .Sh NAME
                     37: .Nm logger
                     38: .Nd make entries in the system log
                     39: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     40: .Nm logger
                     41: .Op Fl is
                     42: .Op Fl f Ar file
                     43: .Op Fl p Ar pri
                     44: .Op Fl t Ar tag
                     45: .Op Ar message ...
                     46: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.7       aaron      47: The
1.3       aaron      48: .Nm logger
1.7       aaron      49: utility provides a shell command interface to the
                     50: .Xr syslog 3
1.1       deraadt    51: system log module.
                     52: .Pp
1.6       aaron      53: The options are as follows:
1.11    ! jmc        54: .Bl -tag -width "-f file"
1.1       deraadt    55: .It Fl i
1.3       aaron      56: Log the process ID of the logger process
1.1       deraadt    57: with each line.
1.5       aaron      58: .It Fl f Ar file
1.1       deraadt    59: Log the specified file.
1.5       aaron      60: .It Fl p Ar pri
1.1       deraadt    61: Enter the message with the specified priority.
1.5       aaron      62: The priority may be specified numerically or as a
                     63: .Dq facility.level
1.1       deraadt    64: pair.
1.5       aaron      65: For example,
                     66: .Dq \-p local3.info
                     67: logs the message(s) as
1.1       deraadt    68: .Ar info Ns rmational
                     69: level in the
                     70: .Ar local3
                     71: facility.
1.5       aaron      72: The default is
                     73: .Dq user.notice .
1.11    ! jmc        74: .It Fl s
        !            75: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
1.5       aaron      76: .It Fl t Ar tag
1.1       deraadt    77: Mark every line in the log with the specified
1.5       aaron      78: .Ar tag .
1.1       deraadt    79: .It Ar message
                     80: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
                     81: .Fl f
                     82: flag is not
                     83: provided, standard input is logged.
                     84: .El
                     85: .Pp
                     86: The
                     87: .Nm logger
1.3       aaron      88: utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
1.1       deraadt    89: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.11    ! jmc        90: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.9       mpech      91: $ logger System rebooted
1.1       deraadt    92:
1.9       mpech      93: $ logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
1.1       deraadt    94: .Ed
                     95: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     96: .Xr syslog 3 ,
                     97: .Xr syslogd 8
                     98: .Sh STANDARDS
                     99: The
                    100: .Nm logger
                    101: utility conforms to
                    102: .St -p1003.2-92 .