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.\" Modified 13 Dec 2001, Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
.\" Modified 3 Jan 2002, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
-.TH syslog 3 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH syslog 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
closelog, openlog, syslog, vsyslog \- send messages to the system logger
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -261,34 +261,55 @@ can be used to restrict logging to specified levels only.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
-.ad l
-.nh
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface Attribute Value
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR openlog (),
.BR closelog ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
T{
+.na
+.nh
.BR syslog (),
.BR vsyslog ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe env locale
.TE
-.hy
-.ad
.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
-The functions
-.BR openlog (),
-.BR closelog (),
-and
+.TP
+.BR syslog ()
+.TQ
+.BR openlog ()
+.TQ
+.BR closelog ()
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.TP
+.BR vsyslog ()
+None.
+.SH HISTORY
+.TP
.BR syslog ()
-(but not
-.BR vsyslog ())
-are specified in SUSv2, POSIX.1-2001, and POSIX.1-2008.
+4.2BSD, SUSv2, POSIX.1-2001.
+.TP
+.BR openlog ()
+.TQ
+.BR closelog ()
+4.3BSD, SUSv2, POSIX.1-2001.
+.\" .SH HISTORY
+.\" 4.3BSD documents
+.\" .BR setlogmask ().
+.TP
+.BR vsyslog ()
+4.3BSD-Reno.
+.\" Of course early v* functions used the
+.\" .I <varargs.h>
+.\" mechanism, which is not compatible with
+.\" .IR <stdarg.h> .
.PP
POSIX.1-2001 specifies only the
.B LOG_USER
@@ -310,22 +331,6 @@ value for
.I option
is not specified by POSIX.1-2001 or POSIX.1-2008, but is available
in most versions of UNIX.
-.\" .SH HISTORY
-.\" A
-.\" .BR syslog ()
-.\" function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
-.\" 4.3BSD documents
-.\" .BR openlog (),
-.\" .BR syslog (),
-.\" .BR closelog (),
-.\" and
-.\" .BR setlogmask ().
-.\" 4.3BSD-Reno also documents
-.\" .BR vsyslog ().
-.\" Of course early v* functions used the
-.\" .I <varargs.h>
-.\" mechanism, which is not compatible with
-.\" .IR <stdarg.h> .
.SH NOTES
The argument
.I ident