1.\" $NetBSD: logger.1,v 1.8 2002/02/08 01:36:27 ross 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 35.\" 36.Dd June 6, 1993 37.Dt LOGGER 1 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm logger 41.Nd make entries in the system log 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Nm 44.Op Fl is 45.Op Fl f Ar file 46.Op Fl p Ar pri 47.Op Fl t Ar tag 48.Op Ar message ... 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50.Nm 51provides a shell command interface to the 52.Xr syslog 3 53system log module. 54.Pp 55Options: 56.Pp 57.Bl -tag -width "message" 58.It Fl i 59Log the process id of the logger process 60with each line. 61.It Fl s 62Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log. 63.It Fl f Ar file 64Log the specified file. 65.It Fl p Ar pri 66Enter the message with the specified priority. 67The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' 68pair. 69For example, ``\-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as 70.Ar info Ns rmational 71level in the 72.Ar local3 73facility. 74The default is ``user.notice.'' 75.It Fl t Ar tag 76Mark every line in the log with the specified 77.Ar tag . 78.It Ar message 79Write the message to log; if not specified, and the 80.Fl f 81flag is not 82provided, standard input is logged. 83.El 84.Pp 85The 86.Nm 87utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs. 88.Sh EXAMPLES 89.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 90logger System rebooted 91 92logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc 93.Ed 94.Sh SEE ALSO 95.Xr syslog 3 , 96.Xr syslogd 8 97.Sh STANDARDS 98The 99.Nm 100utility conforms to 101.St -p1003.2-92 . 102