Maintenance Procedures                                splogger(8)



NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
     splogger - make entries in syslog

SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr [ _t_a_g [ _f_a_c ] ]

DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr reads a series of messages and feeds them  to  ssssyyyyssss----
     lllloooogggg.   At  the  front  of each message it puts _t_a_g (default:
     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr) and a numerical timestamp.

     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr checks for aaaalllleeeerrrrtttt:::: or wwwwaaaarrrrnnnniiiinnnngggg:::: at the  beginning  of
     each   message.    It   selects  a  priority  of  LOG_ALERT,
     LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly.

     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr logs messages with facility _f_a_c.  _f_a_c (default:  2)
     must be numeric.

     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr converts unprintable characters to question marks.

     ssssppppllllooooggggggggeeeerrrr does not log blank lines.

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

     Note that the ssssyyyysssslllloooogggg mechanism is inherently unreliable:  it
     does not guarantee that messages will be logged.  It is also
     very slow.

SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
     syslog(3), logger(8)























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