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1.22    ! guenther   33: .Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
1.1       deraadt    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
1.22    ! guenther   41: .Op Fl cis
1.1       deraadt    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"
1.22    ! guenther   55: .It Fl c
        !            56: If unable to pass the message to
        !            57: .Xr syslogd 8 ,
        !            58: attempt to write the message to the console.
1.12      jmc        59: .It Fl f Ar file
1.21      tedu       60: Read from the specified
1.17      lum        61: .Ar file .
1.1       deraadt    62: .It Fl i
1.3       aaron      63: Log the process ID of the logger process
1.1       deraadt    64: with each line.
1.5       aaron      65: .It Fl p Ar pri
1.1       deraadt    66: Enter the message with the specified priority.
1.5       aaron      67: The priority may be specified numerically or as a
                     68: .Dq facility.level
1.1       deraadt    69: pair.
1.5       aaron      70: For example,
1.13      jmc        71: .Dq -p local3.info
1.5       aaron      72: logs the message(s) as
1.1       deraadt    73: .Ar info Ns rmational
                     74: level in the
                     75: .Ar local3
                     76: facility.
1.5       aaron      77: The default is
                     78: .Dq user.notice .
1.11      jmc        79: .It Fl s
                     80: Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
1.5       aaron      81: .It Fl t Ar tag
1.1       deraadt    82: Mark every line in the log with the specified
1.5       aaron      83: .Ar tag .
1.1       deraadt    84: .It Ar message
                     85: Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
                     86: .Fl f
                     87: flag is not
                     88: provided, standard input is logged.
                     89: .El
1.19      jmc        90: .Sh EXIT STATUS
1.13      jmc        91: .Ex -std logger
1.1       deraadt    92: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.11      jmc        93: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.9       mpech      94: $ logger System rebooted
1.1       deraadt    95:
1.13      jmc        96: $ logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
1.1       deraadt    97: .Ed
                     98: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     99: .Xr syslog 3 ,
                    100: .Xr syslogd 8
                    101: .Sh STANDARDS
                    102: The
1.14      jmc       103: .Nm
                    104: utility is compliant with the
1.16      jmc       105: .St -p1003.1-2008
1.14      jmc       106: specification.
                    107: .Pp
                    108: The flags
1.22    ! guenther  109: .Op Fl cfipst
1.14      jmc       110: are extensions to that specification.