1.\" $OpenBSD: logger.1,v 1.8 2000/11/09 17:52:20 aaron Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: logger.1,v 1.4 1994/12/22 06:26:59 jtc Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 18.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 19.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 20.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 21.\" without specific prior written permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 36.\" 37.Dd June 6, 1993 38.Dt LOGGER 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm logger 42.Nd make entries in the system log 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm logger 45.Op Fl is 46.Op Fl f Ar file 47.Op Fl p Ar pri 48.Op Fl t Ar tag 49.Op Ar message ... 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51The 52.Nm logger 53utility provides a shell command interface to the 54.Xr syslog 3 55system log module. 56.Pp 57The options are as follows: 58.Bl -tag -width Ds 59.It Fl i 60Log the process ID of the logger process 61with each line. 62.It Fl s 63Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log. 64.It Fl f Ar file 65Log the specified file. 66.It Fl p Ar pri 67Enter the message with the specified priority. 68The priority may be specified numerically or as a 69.Dq facility.level 70pair. 71For example, 72.Dq \-p local3.info 73logs the message(s) as 74.Ar info Ns rmational 75level in the 76.Ar local3 77facility. 78The default is 79.Dq user.notice . 80.It Fl t Ar tag 81Mark every line in the log with the specified 82.Ar tag . 83.It Ar message 84Write the message to log; if not specified, and the 85.Fl f 86flag is not 87provided, standard input is logged. 88.El 89.Pp 90The 91.Nm logger 92utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. 93.Sh EXAMPLES 94.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 95logger System rebooted 96 97logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc 98.Ed 99.Sh SEE ALSO 100.Xr syslog 3 , 101.Xr syslogd 8 102.Sh STANDARDS 103The 104.Nm logger 105utility conforms to 106.St -p1003.2-92 . 107