June 6, 1993 LOGGER 1

### NAME

logger - make entries in the system log

### SYNOPSIS

logger [-is] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message ...]

### DESCRIPTION

logger 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.

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.

### EXAMPLES

  `

      logger System rebooted

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

  `

### SEE ALSO

syslog(3), syslogd(8)

### STANDARDS

The logger utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'') .