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1 | .TH initlog 8 "Sun Jan 24 1999" |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | initlog \- log messages and events to the system logger | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B initlog | |
| 6 | [\-cefnprs] [\-\-cmd=ARG] [\-\-event=ARG] [\-\-facility=ARG] | |
| 7 | [\-\-name=ARG] [\-\-priority=ARG] [\-\-run=ARG] [\-\-string=ARG] | |
| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 9 | \fBinitlog\fR logs messages and events to the system logger. | |
| 10 | It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | .SS OPTIONS | |
| 13 | .TP | |
| 14 | .I "\-c, \-\-cmd=[program]" | |
| 15 | Execute the specified program, logging anything output to | |
| 16 | stdout or stderr. | |
| 17 | .TP | |
| 18 | .I "\-e, \-\-event=[number]" | |
| 19 | Logs that the specified event happened. Usually used in conjuction | |
| 20 | with \fB\-\-name\fR. Currently specified events are: | |
| 21 | .nf | |
| 22 | \fB1\fR the action completed successfully | |
| 23 | \fB2\fR the action failed | |
| 24 | \fB3\fR the action was cancelled at user request | |
| 25 | \fB4\fR the action failed due to the failure of a dependent action | |
| 26 | .TP | |
| 27 | .I "\-f, \-\-facility=[facility]" | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | Log at the specified syslog facility. The default | |
| 30 | is \fBdaemon\fR (see syslog(3)). | |
| 31 | .TP | |
| 32 | .I "\-n, \-\-name=[string]" | |
| 33 | Log the event under the specified string, such as | |
| 34 | "inetd". | |
| 35 | .TP | |
| 36 | .I "\-p, \-\-priority=[priority]" | |
| 37 | Log at the specified syslog priority. The default | |
| 38 | is \fBnotice\fR (see syslog(3)). | |
| 39 | .TP | |
| 40 | .I "\-r, \-\-run=[program]" | |
| 41 | Execute the specified program, with an open file | |
| 42 | descriptor so that the program can pass back | |
| 43 | commands to initlog. | |
| 44 | .TP | |
| 45 | .I "\-s, \-\-string=[string] | |
| 46 | Log the specified string to the logger. | |
| 47 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 48 | syslog(3), logger(1) |