Support for logging to a file/stdout using syslog API
Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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.Op Ar MESSAGE
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.Sh DESCRIPTIOMN
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.Nm
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can be used to send messages to the system log from a UNIX shell, or
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script.
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can be used to log messages to the system log daemon from a UNIX shell,
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or script. Optionally a stand-alone log file can be used, which is the
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automatically log rotated. Without a
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.Ar MESSAGE
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argument
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.Nm
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reads input from
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.Ar stdin .
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.Sh OPTIONS
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This program follows the usual UNIX command line syntax:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl f Ar FILE
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Log file to write messages to, instead of syslog daemon.
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.Nm
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accepts
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.Fl f-
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as an alias for
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.Ar stdout .
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.It Fl h
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Show program help.
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.It Fl p Ar PRIO
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Priority, numeric or
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.Ar facility.level
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.Ar facility.severity
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pair.
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.It Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM
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Controls log file rotation.
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@@ -69,7 +80,15 @@ Show program version.
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.It Ar MESSAGE
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Log message to write. Remember to use single/double qoutes if calling
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.Nm
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from a shell prompt due to expansion the shell does.
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from a shell prompt due to expansion the shell does. If no message is
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given
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.Nm
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will read from
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.Ar stdin
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until EOF. In this mode every new row (newline separated) is converted
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into an independent
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.Xr syslog 3
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call.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -unfilled -offset left
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