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author | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2024-01-14 17:55:54 +0100 |
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committer | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2024-01-14 17:55:54 +0100 |
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diff --git a/sqmail-4.3.07/man/splogger.8 b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/splogger.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9137a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/splogger.8 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.TH s/qmail: splogger 8 +.SH NAME +splogger \- make entries in syslog +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B splogger +[ +.I tag +[ +.I fac +] +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B splogger +reads a series of messages and feeds them to +.BR syslog . +At the front of each message it puts +.I tag +(default: +.BR splogger ) +and a numerical timestamp. + +.B splogger +checks for +.B alert: +or +.B warning: +at the beginning of each message. +It selects a priority of +LOG_ALERT, LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly. + +.B splogger +logs messages with facility +.IR fac . +.I fac +(default: 2) +must be numeric. + +.B splogger +converts unprintable characters to question marks. + +.B splogger +does not log blank lines. + +.B splogger +folds messages after 800 characters, +since +.B syslog +can't handle long messages. +.B splogger +uses a + after the timestamp +to mark folded lines. + +Note that the +.B syslog +mechanism is inherently unreliable: +it does not guarantee that messages will be logged. +It is also very slow. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +syslog(3), +logger(8) |