| LOGGER(1) |
AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual |
LOGGER(1) |
NAME
logger —
make entries in the system log
SYNOPSIS
logger
[-is]
[-f file]
[-p pri]
[-t tag]
[message]...
DESCRIPTION
The
logger
utility provides a shell command interface to the
syslog(3)
system log module.
The options are as follows:
- -f file
-
Log the specified file.
- -i
-
Log the process ID of the logger process
with each line.
- -p pri
-
Enter the message with the specified priority.
The priority may be specified numerically or as a
“facility.level”
pair.
For example,
“-p local3.info”
logs the message(s) as
info
level in the
local3
facility.
The default is
“user.notice”.
- -s
-
Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
- -t tag
-
Mark every line in the log with the specified
tag.
- message
-
Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
-f
flag is not
provided, standard input is logged.
.Ex -std logger
EXAMPLES
$ logger System rebooted
$ logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
SEE ALSO
syslog(3),
syslogd(8)
STANDARDS
The
logger
utility is compliant with the
specification.
The flags
[-ifpst]
are extensions to that specification.
| AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual |
August 26 2008 |
LOGGER(1) |