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[1108]1.TH initlog 8 "Sun Jan 24 1999"
2.SH NAME
3initlog \- log messages and events to the system logger
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B initlog
6[\-cefnpqrs] [\-\-cmd=ARG] [\-\-event=ARG] [\-\-facility=ARG]
7[\-\-name=ARG] [\-\-priority=ARG] [\-\-run=ARG] [\-\-string=ARG]
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9\fBinitlog\fR logs messages and events to the system logger.
10It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. initlog
11reads a configuration file
12.I /etc/initlog.conf
13by default, to determine its settings. Any line preceded with a
14.I #
15is a comment, and the following configuration directives
16are recognized:
17.TP
18.I facility <logging facility>
19Sets the default logging facility
20.TP
21.I priority <logging priority>
22Sets the default logging priority
23.TP
24.I ignore <regexp>
25Messages that match the regular expression will not be logged.
26.TP
27initlog behavior can also be configured by command-line options.
28
29\fBNote that initlog is deprecated and will be removed in a future
30release.\fR
31
32.SS OPTIONS
33.TP
34.I "\-c, \-\-cmd=[program]"
35Execute the specified program, logging anything output to
36stdout or stderr.
37.TP
38.I "\-e, \-\-event=[number]"
39Logs that the specified event happened. Used in conjuction
40with \fB\-\-name\fR. Currently specified events are:
41.PD 0
42.RS 8n
43.TP 3n
44.B 1
45the action completed successfully
46.TP
47.B 2
48the action failed
49.TP
50.B 3
51the action was cancelled at user request
52.TP
53.B 4
54the action failed due to the failure of a dependent action
55.RE
56.PD
57.TP
58.I "\-f, \-\-facility=[facility]"
59Log at the specified syslog facility. The default
60is \fBdaemon\fR (see syslog(3)).
61.TP
62.I "\-n, \-\-name=[string]"
63Log the event under the specified string, such as
64"inetd".
65.TP
66.I "\-p, \-\-priority=[priority]"
67Log at the specified syslog priority. The default
68is \fBnotice\fR (see syslog(3)).
69.TP
70.I "\-q"
71Do not print the program's output, unless it exits
72with a non-zero exit code.
73.TP
74.I "\-r, \-\-run=[program]"
75Execute the specified program, with an open file
76descriptor so that the program can pass back
77commands to initlog.
78.TP
79.I "\-s, \-\-string=[string]"
80Log the specified string to the logger.
81.TP
82.I "\-\-conf=[file]"
83Specifies an alternate configuration file.
84.SH FILES
85.I /etc/initlog.conf
86.SH "SEE ALSO"
87syslog(3), logger(1)
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