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diff --git a/vlogger.8 b/vlogger.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f46fcd --- /dev/null +++ b/vlogger.8 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +.Dd March 1, 2017 +.Dt VLOGGER 8 +.Os Linux +.Sh NAME +.Nm vlogger +.Nd log messages to syslog or an arbitrary executable +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm vlogger +.Op Fl p Ar priority +.Op Fl t Ar tag +.Sh DESCRIPTION +By default, +.Nm +reads lines from +.Dv stdin +and sends them to syslog. +If the file +.Pa /etc/vlogger +exists and is executable it is executed with +.Ar tag +as only argument and replaces +.Nm . +.Pp +If +.Nm +is executed as a log service for runit or another daemontools like +supervision suite it uses the service name as default +.Ar tag . +As example if +.Nm +is linked to +.Dv /var/service/foo/log/run +it uses +.Dv foo +as default +.Ar tag . +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl p Ar priority +The. +.Ar priority +can be +.Pa facility.level +or just +.Pa facility . +See +.Sx FACILITIES , +.Sx LEVELS +or +.Xr syslog 3 . +The default is +.Pa daemon.info . +.It Fl t Ar tag +Defines the +.Xr openlog 3 +.Pa ident +which is used as prefix for each log message or passed as first argument to +.Pa /etc/vlogger . +.El +.Sh FACILITIES +.Bl -tag -width 11n -compact +.It auth +.It authpriv +.It cron +.It daemon +.It ftp +.It kern +can not be used from userspace replaced with +.Pa daemon . +.It lpr +.It mail +.It news +.It syslog +.It user +.It uucp +.It local[0-7] +.It security +deprecated synonym for +.Pa auth. +.El +.Sh LEVELS +.Bl -tag -width 11n -compact +.It emerg +.It alert +.It crit +.It err +.It warning +.It notice +.It info +.It debug +.It panic +deprecated synonym for +.Pa emerg . +.It error +deprecated synonym for +.Ar err . +.It warn +deprecated synonym for +.Pa warning . +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It /etc/vlogger +An optional executable file that is used to to handle the messages. +It is executed with +.Ar tag +as first argument and replaces the +.Nm +process. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Pa /etc/vlogger : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#!/bin/sh +exec svlogd /var/log/$1 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr logger 1 , +.Xr syslog 3 , +.Xr svlogd 8 +.Sh HISTORY +This program is a replacement for the +.Nm logger +utility provided by +.Nm util-linux . +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Duncan Overbruck Aq Mt mail@duncano.de +.Sh LICENSE +.Nm +is in the public domain. +.Pp +To the extent possible under law, +the creator of this work +has waived all copyright and related or +neighboring rights to this work. +.Pp +.Lk http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |