From 89b7b67a13ebb7965cc7f13ad0595e2194a2d34c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jannis Hoffmann Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:48:04 +0200 Subject: add sqmail-4.2.29a --- man/splogger.8 | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/splogger.8 (limited to 'man/splogger.8') diff --git a/man/splogger.8 b/man/splogger.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9137a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/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) -- cgit v1.2.3