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.TH splogger 8
.SH NAME
splogger \- make entries in syslog
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B splogger
[
.I tag
[
.I fac
]
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B splogger
reads a series of messages and feeds them to
.BR syslog .
At the front of each message it puts
.I tag
(default:
.BR splogger )
and a numerical timestamp.

.B splogger
checks for
.B alert:
or
.B warning:
at the beginning of each message.
It selects a priority of
LOG_ALERT, LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly.

.B splogger
logs messages with facility
.IR fac .
.I fac
(default: 2)
must be numeric.

.B splogger
converts unprintable characters to question marks.

.B splogger
does not log blank lines.

.B splogger
folds messages after 800 characters,
since
.B syslog
can't handle long messages.
.B splogger
uses a + after the timestamp
to mark folded lines.

Note that the
.B syslog
mechanism is inherently unreliable:
it does not guarantee that messages will be logged.
It is also very slow.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
syslog(3),
logger(8)
Commit	Line	Data
2117e02e MW	1	.TH splogger 8
	2	.SH NAME
	3	splogger \- make entries in syslog
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B splogger
	6	[
	7	.I tag
	8	[
	9	.I fac
	10	]
	11	]
	12	.SH DESCRIPTION
	13	.B splogger
	14	reads a series of messages and feeds them to
	15	.BR syslog .
	16	At the front of each message it puts
	17	.I tag
	18	(default:
	19	.BR splogger )
	20	and a numerical timestamp.
	21
	22	.B splogger
	23	checks for
	24	.B alert:
	25	or
	26	.B warning:
	27	at the beginning of each message.
	28	It selects a priority of
	29	LOG_ALERT, LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly.
	30
	31	.B splogger
	32	logs messages with facility
	33	.IR fac .
	34	.I fac
	35	(default: 2)
	36	must be numeric.
	37
	38	.B splogger
	39	converts unprintable characters to question marks.
	40
	41	.B splogger
	42	does not log blank lines.
	43
	44	.B splogger
	45	folds messages after 800 characters,
	46	since
	47	.B syslog
	48	can't handle long messages.
	49	.B splogger
	50	uses a + after the timestamp
	51	to mark folded lines.
	52
	53	Note that the
	54	.B syslog
	55	mechanism is inherently unreliable:
	56	it does not guarantee that messages will be logged.
	57	It is also very slow.
	58	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	59	syslog(3),
	60	logger(8)