1.\" $NetBSD: logger.1,v 1.9 2003/08/07 11:14:23 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 6, 1993 33.Dt LOGGER 1 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm logger 37.Nd make entries in the system log 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl is 41.Op Fl f Ar file 42.Op Fl p Ar pri 43.Op Fl t Ar tag 44.Op Ar message ... 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46.Nm 47provides a shell command interface to the 48.Xr syslog 3 49system log module. 50.Pp 51Options: 52.Pp 53.Bl -tag -width "message" 54.It Fl i 55Log the process id of the logger process 56with each line. 57.It Fl s 58Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log. 59.It Fl f Ar file 60Log the specified file. 61.It Fl p Ar pri 62Enter the message with the specified priority. 63The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' 64pair. 65For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as 66.Ar info Ns rmational 67level in the 68.Ar local3 69facility. 70The default is ``user.notice.'' 71.It Fl t Ar tag 72Mark every line in the log with the specified 73.Ar tag . 74.It Ar message 75Write the message to log; if not specified, and the 76.Fl f 77flag is not 78provided, standard input is logged. 79.El 80.Pp 81The 82.Nm 83utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs. 84.Sh EXAMPLES 85.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 86logger System rebooted 87 88logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc 89.Ed 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr syslog 3 , 92.Xr syslogd 8 93.Sh STANDARDS 94The 95.Nm 96utility conforms to 97.St -p1003.2-92 . 98