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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/logger.1p b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/logger.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fffb689 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2013/man1p/logger.1p @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +'\" et +.TH LOGGER "1P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. + +.SH NAME +logger +\(em log messages +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +logger \fIstring\fR... +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR logger +utility saves a message, in an unspecified manner and format, +containing the +.IR string +operands provided by the user. The messages are expected to be +evaluated later by personnel performing system administration tasks. +.P +It is implementation-defined whether messages written in locales +other than the POSIX locale are effective. +.SH OPTIONS +None. +.SH OPERANDS +The following operand shall be supported: +.IP "\fIstring\fR" 10 +One of the string arguments whose contents are concatenated together, +in the order specified, separated by single +<space> +characters. +.SH STDIN +Not used. +.SH "INPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR logger : +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of +text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to +multi-byte characters in arguments). +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. (This means +diagnostics from +.IR logger +to the user or application, not diagnostic messages that the user is +sending to the system administrator.) +.IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10 +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of +.IR LC_MESSAGES . +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +Not used. +.SH STDERR +The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +Unspecified. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +None. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values shall be returned: +.IP "\00" 6 +Successful completion. +.IP >0 6 +An error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +Default. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +This utility allows logging of information for later use by a system +administrator or programmer in determining why non-interactive +utilities have failed. The locations of the saved messages, their +format, and retention period are all unspecified. There is no method +for a conforming application to read messages, once written. +.SH EXAMPLES +A batch application, running non-interactively, tries to read a +configuration file and fails; it may attempt to notify the system +administrator with: +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf +\fB +logger myname: unable to read file foo. [timestamp] +.fi \fR +.P +.RE +.SH RATIONALE +The standard developers believed strongly that some method of alerting +administrators to errors was necessary. The obvious example is a batch +utility, running non-interactively, that is unable to read its +configuration files or that is unable to create or write its results +file. However, the standard developers did not wish to define the +format or delivery mechanisms as they have historically been (and will +probably continue to be) very system-specific, as well as involving +functionality clearly outside the scope of this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008. +.P +The text with +.IR LC_MESSAGES +about diagnostic messages means diagnostics from +.IR logger +to the user or application, not diagnostic messages that the user is +sending to the system administrator. +.P +Multiple +.IR string +arguments are allowed, similar to +.IR echo , +for ease-of-use. +.P +Like the utilities +.IR mailx +and +.IR lp , +.IR logger +is admittedly difficult to test. This was not deemed sufficient +justification to exclude these utilities from this volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008. It is also +arguable that they are, in fact, testable, but that the tests +themselves are not portable. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIlp\fR\^", +.IR "\fImailx\fR\^", +.IR "\fIwrite\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.unix.org/online.html . + +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |