LOGGER(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		     LOGGER(1)

NAME
     logger - a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module

SYNOPSIS
     logger [-isd] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [-u socket] [message ...]

DESCRIPTION
     Logger makes entries in the system log.  It provides a shell command
     interface to the syslog(3) system log module.

     Options:

     -i       Log the process id of the logger process with each line.

     -s       Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.

     -f file  Log the specified file.

     -p pri   Enter the message with the specified priority.  The priority may
	      be specified numerically or as a facility.level pair.  For
	      example, -p local3.info logs the message(s) as informational
	      level in the local3 facility.  The default is user.notice.

     -t tag   Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.

     -u sock  Write to socket as specified with socket instead of builtin sys
	      log routines.

     -d       Use a datagram instead of a stream connection to this socket.

     --       End the argument list. This is to allow the message to start
	      with a hyphen (-).

     message  Write the message to log; if not specified, and the -f flag is
	      not provided, standard input is logged.

     The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

     Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security information of a
     sensitive nature), cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security
     (deprecated synonym for auth), syslog, user, uucp, and local0 to local7,
     inclusive.

     Valid level names are): alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, error (deprecated
     synonym for err), info, notice, panic (deprecated synonym for emerg),
     warning, warn (deprecated synonym for warning).  For the priority order
     and intended purposes of these levels, see syslog(3).

EXAMPLES
	   logger System rebooted

	   logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc

SEE ALSO
     syslog(3), syslogd(8)

STANDARDS
     The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (POSIX.2) compati
     ble.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution	 June 6, 1993	     4.3 Berkeley Distribution