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Diffstat (limited to 'vlogger.8')
-rw-r--r-- | vlogger.8 | 49 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/vlogger.8 b/vlogger.8 index d2e88ff..b7919d9 100644 --- a/vlogger.8 +++ b/vlogger.8 @@ -12,17 +12,35 @@ .Op Fl t Ar tag .Op Ar message ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -By default, +The .Nm -reads lines from +utility writes messages to the system log. +.Pp +With +.Ar message +arguments +.Nm +will always write messages to the system log. +Without +.Ar message +arguments +.Nm +reads messages from .Dv stdin -and sends them to syslog. -If the file +or the file specified with the +.Fl f +flag. +If the .Pa /etc/vlogger -exists and is executable it is executed with -.Ar tag -as only argument and replaces -.Nm . +executable exists +.Nm +executes it with +.Ar tag , +level +and priority as arguments, +replacing the +.Nm +process. .Pp If .Nm @@ -34,10 +52,10 @@ supervision suite it uses the service name as default As example if .Nm is linked to -.Dv /var/service/foo/log/run +.Pa /var/service/foo/log/run it uses -.Dv foo -as default +.Dq foo +as .Ar tag . .Pp The options are as follows: @@ -45,7 +63,9 @@ The options are as follows: .It Fl f Ar file Read lines from the specified .Ar file . -This +This option cannot be combine +.Ar message +arguments. .It Fl i Log the PID of the .Nm @@ -66,7 +86,7 @@ See or .Xr syslog 3 . The default is -.Pa daemon.info . +.Dq user.notice . .It Fl S Force .Nm @@ -87,6 +107,9 @@ Defines the .Pa ident which is used as prefix for each log message or passed as first argument to .Pa /etc/vlogger . +The default is the +.Ev LOGNAME +environment variable. .It Ar message Write the .Ar message |