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initlog ? log messages and events to the system logger |
initlog [?cefnprs] [??cmd=ARG] [??event=ARG] [??facility=ARG] [??name=ARG] [??priority=ARG] [??run=ARG] [??string=ARG] |
initlog logs messages and events to the system logger. It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. initlog reads a configuration file /etc/initlog.conf by default, to determine its settings. Any line preceded with a # is a comment, and the following configuration directives are recognized: |
facility <logging facility> |
Sets the default logging facility |
priority <logging priority> |
Sets the default logging priority |
ignore <regexp> |
Messages that match the regular expression will not be logged. |
initlog behavior can also be configured by command-line options. |
OPTIONS |
?c, ??cmd=[program] |
Execute the specified program, logging anything output to stdout or stderr. |
?e, ??event=[number] |
Logs that the specified event happened. Usually used in conjuction with ??name. Currently specified events are: 1 the action completed successfully 2 the action failed 3 the action was cancelled at user request 4 the action failed due to the failure of a dependent action ?f, ??facility=[facility] Log at the specified syslog facility. The default is daemon (see syslog(3)). ?n, ??name=[string] Log the event under the specified string, such as "inetd". ?p, ??priority=[priority] Log at the specified syslog priority. The default is notice (see syslog(3)). ?r, ??run=[program] Execute the specified program, with an open file descriptor so that the program can pass back commands to initlog. ?s, ??string=[string] Log the specified string to the logger. ??conf=[file] Specifies an alternate configuration file. |
/etc/initlog.conf |
syslog(3), logger(1) |