splogger(8)                                           splogger(8)



NNAAMMEE
       splogger - make entries in syslog

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ssppllooggggeerr [ _t_a_g [ _f_a_c ] ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       ssppllooggggeerr reads a series of messages and feeds them to ssyyss­­
       lloogg.  At the front of each message it puts  _t_a_g  (default:
       ssppllooggggeerr) and a numerical timestamp.

       ssppllooggggeerr checks for aalleerrtt:: or wwaarrnniinngg:: at the beginning of
       each  message.   It  selects  a  priority  of   LOG_ALERT,
       LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly.

       ssppllooggggeerr  logs  messages with facility _f_a_c.  _f_a_c (default:
       2) must be numeric.

       ssppllooggggeerr  converts  unprintable  characters  to   question
       marks.

       ssppllooggggeerr does not log blank lines.

       ssppllooggggeerr folds messages after 800 characters, since ssyysslloogg
       can't handle long messages.  ssppllooggggeerr uses a +  after  the
       timestamp to mark folded lines.

       Note  that  the ssyysslloogg mechanism is inherently unreliable:
       it does not guarantee that messages will be logged.  It is
       also very slow.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       syslog(3), logger(8)



                                                      splogger(8)
