| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
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| 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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| 3 | .\"
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| 4 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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| 5 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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| 6 | .\" are met:
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| 7 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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| 8 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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| 9 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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| 10 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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| 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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| 12 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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| 13 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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| 14 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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| 15 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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| 16 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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| 17 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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| 18 | .\" without specific prior written permission.
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| 19 | .\"
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| 20 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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| 21 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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| 22 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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| 23 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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| 24 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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| 25 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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| 26 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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| 27 | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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| 28 | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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| 29 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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| 30 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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| 31 | .\"
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| 32 | .\" from: @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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| 33 | .\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
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| 34 | .\" $Id: logger.1,v 1.1 2006/04/03 14:59:51 beng Exp $
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| 35 | .\"
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| 36 | .\" Local macros
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| 37 | .de Xr
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| 38 | .BR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
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| 39 | ..
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| 40 | .de LB
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| 41 | .TP \\$1
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| 42 | \\fB\\$2\\fR
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| 43 | \\$3
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| 44 | ..
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| 45 | .de LI
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| 46 | .TP \\$1
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| 47 | \\fI\\$2\\fR
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| 48 | \\$3
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| 49 | ..
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| 50 | .de LR
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| 51 | .TP \\$1
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| 52 | \\fR\\$2\\fR
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| 53 | \\$3
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| 54 | ..
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| 55 | .\" end local macros
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| 56 | .DD June 6, 1993
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| 57 | .TH LOGGER 1 "Jan. 18, 2000"
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| 58 | .\" Os BSD 4.3
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| 59 | .SH NAME
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| 60 | logger \- make entries in the system log
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| 61 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 62 | logger
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| 63 | .RB [ \-i ]
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| 64 | .RB [ \-f " " file ]
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| 65 | .RB [ \-p " " pri ]
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| 66 | .RB [ \-t " " tag ]
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| 67 | .B message ...
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| 68 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 69 | Logger provides a shell command interface to the
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| 70 | .Xr syslog 3
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| 71 | system log module.
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| 72 | .PP
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| 73 | The following options are available to control message formatting:
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| 74 | .PP
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| 75 | .LB 9 -i "Log the process id of the logger process with each line."
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| 76 | .\" LB 9 -s "Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log."
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| 77 | .LB 9 "-f file" "Log the specified file."
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| 78 | .LB 9 "-p pri" "Enter the message with the specified priority.
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| 79 | The priority may be specified numerically or as a `facility.level'
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| 80 | pair. For example, `\-p local3.info' logs the message(s) as
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| 81 | .BR info rmational
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| 82 | level in the
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| 83 | .B local3
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| 84 | facility. The default is `user.notice'.
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| 85 | .LB 9 "-t tag" "Mark every line in the log with the specified
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| 86 | .BR tag .
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| 87 | .LB 9 message "Write the message to log. If not specified, and the"
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| 88 | .B \-f
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| 89 | flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
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| 90 | .PP
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| 91 | The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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| 92 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 93 | .PP
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| 94 | logger System rebooted
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| 95 | .PP
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| 96 | logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
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| 97 | .SH SEE ALSO
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| 98 | .Xr syslog 3 ,
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| 99 | .Xr syslogd 8 .
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| 100 | .SH STANDARDS
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| 101 | The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (`POSIX') compatible.
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