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41 .Nd a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module
52 makes entries in the system log.
53 It provides a shell command interface to the
59 .Bl -tag -width "message"
61 Log the process id of the logger process
64 Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
66 Log the specified file.
68 Enter the message with the specified priority.
69 The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level''
71 For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as
76 The default is ``user.notice.''
78 Mark every line in the log with the specified
81 Write to socket as specified with
83 instead of builtin syslog routines.
85 Use a datagram instead of a stream connection to this socket.
87 End the argument list. This is to allow the
89 to start with a hyphen (\-).
91 Write the message to log; if not specified, and the
94 provided, standard input is logged.
99 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
101 Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security information of
102 a sensitive nature), cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news,
103 security (deprecated synonym for auth), syslog, user, uucp, and local0
104 to local7, inclusive.
106 Valid level names are):
107 alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, error (deprecated synonym for err),
108 info, notice, panic (deprecated synonym for emerg), warning,
109 warn (deprecated synonym for warning).
110 For the priority order and intended purposes of these levels, see
113 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
114 logger System rebooted
116 logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
124 command is expected to be