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| author | Duncan Overbruck <mail@duncano.de> | 2021-02-28 16:45:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Duncan Overbruck <github@duncano.de> | 2021-03-13 23:55:15 +0100 |
| commit | 288f526f23eb6270f6c902883e9a3092dc4972fa (patch) | |
| tree | 5a927c1b359417e61c6e9c1fd7c52ef0e1f954b0 /vlogger.8 | |
| parent | 3db879ba2364eb185d9ad38c1aa7139806dd19c9 (diff) | |
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vlogger: behave like logger(1) if argv[0] is "logger"
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/vlogger.8 b/vlogger.8 index 3a6b204..24a45c8 100644 --- a/vlogger.8 +++ b/vlogger.8 @@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility writes messages to the system log. +utility writes messages to the system log or an arbitrary executable. .Pp -With -.Ar message -arguments +If .Nm -will always write messages to the system log. +is executed as +.Nm logger +it will always use the system log and behave like the regular +.Xr logger 1 . +.Pp Without .Ar message arguments @@ -36,8 +38,10 @@ executable exists .Nm executes it with .Ar tag , -level -and priority as arguments, +.Ar level +and +.Ar facility +as arguments, replacing the .Nm process. @@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ environment variable. .It Ar message Write the .Ar message -to the log. +to the system log. .El .Sh FACILITIES .Bl -tag -width 11n -compact |