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+'\" et
+.TH CLOSELOG "3P" 2017 "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
+closelog,
+openlog,
+setlogmask,
+syslog
+\(em control system log
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+.nf
+#include <syslog.h>
+.P
+void closelog(void);
+void openlog(const char *\fIident\fP, int \fIlogopt\fP, int \fIfacility\fP);
+int setlogmask(int \fImaskpri\fP);
+void syslog(int \fIpriority\fP, const char *\fImessage\fP, ... /* \fIarguments\fP */);
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+function shall send a message to an implementation-defined logging
+facility, which may log it in an implementation-defined system log,
+write it to the system console, forward it to a list of users, or
+forward it to the logging facility on another host over the network.
+The logged message shall include a message header and a message body.
+The message header contains at least a timestamp and a tag string.
+.P
+The message body is generated from the
+.IR message
+and following arguments in the same manner as if these were arguments
+to
+\fIprintf\fR(),
+except that the additional conversion specification
+.BR %m
+shall be recognized; it shall convert no arguments, shall cause the
+output of the error message string associated with the value of
+.IR errno
+on entry to
+\fIsyslog\fR(),
+and may be mixed with argument specifications of the \fR"%\fIn\fR$"\fR
+form. If a complete conversion specification with the
+.BR m
+conversion specifier character is not just
+.BR %m ,
+the behavior is undefined. A trailing
+<newline>
+may be added if needed.
+.P
+Values of the
+.IR priority
+argument are formed by OR'ing together a severity-level value and an
+optional facility value. If no facility value is specified, the current
+default facility value is used.
+.P
+Possible values of severity level include:
+.IP LOG_EMERG 12
+A panic condition.
+.IP LOG_ALERT 12
+A condition that should be corrected immediately, such as a corrupted
+system database.
+.IP LOG_CRIT 12
+Critical conditions, such as hard device errors.
+.IP LOG_ERR 12
+Errors.
+.IP LOG_WARNING 12
+.br
+Warning messages.
+.IP LOG_NOTICE 12
+Conditions that are not error conditions, but that may require special
+handling.
+.IP LOG_INFO 12
+Informational messages.
+.IP LOG_DEBUG 12
+Messages that contain information normally of use only when debugging a
+program.
+.P
+The facility indicates the application or system component generating
+the message. Possible facility values include:
+.IP LOG_USER 12
+Messages generated by arbitrary processes. This is the default facility
+identifier if none is specified.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL0 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL1 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL2 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL3 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL4 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL5 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL6 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.IP LOG_LOCAL7 12
+Reserved for local use.
+.P
+The
+\fIopenlog\fR()
+function shall set process attributes that affect subsequent calls to
+\fIsyslog\fR().
+The
+.IR ident
+argument is a string that is prepended to every message. The
+.IR logopt
+argument indicates logging options. Values for
+.IR logopt
+are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of zero or more of the
+following:
+.IP LOG_PID 12
+Log the process ID with each message. This is useful for identifying
+specific processes.
+.IP LOG_CONS 12
+Write messages to the system console if they cannot be sent to the
+logging facility. The
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+function ensures that the process does not acquire the console as a
+controlling terminal in the process of writing the message.
+.IP LOG_NDELAY 12
+Open the connection to the logging facility immediately. Normally the
+open is delayed until the first message is logged. This is useful for
+programs that need to manage the order in which file descriptors are
+allocated.
+.IP LOG_ODELAY 12
+Delay open until
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+is called.
+.IP LOG_NOWAIT 12
+Do not wait for child processes that may have been created during the
+course of logging the message. This option should be used by processes
+that enable notification of child termination using SIGCHLD, since
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+may otherwise block waiting for a child whose exit status has already
+been collected.
+.P
+The
+.IR facility
+argument encodes a default facility to be assigned to all messages that
+do not have an explicit facility already encoded. The initial default
+facility is LOG_USER.
+.P
+The
+\fIopenlog\fR()
+and
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+functions may allocate a file descriptor. It is not necessary to call
+\fIopenlog\fR()
+prior to calling
+\fIsyslog\fR().
+.P
+The
+\fIcloselog\fR()
+function shall close any open file descriptors allocated by previous
+calls to
+\fIopenlog\fR()
+or
+\fIsyslog\fR().
+.P
+The
+\fIsetlogmask\fR()
+function shall set the log priority mask for the current process to
+.IR maskpri
+and return the previous mask. If the
+.IR maskpri
+argument is 0, the current log mask is not modified. Calls by the
+current process to
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+with a priority not set in
+.IR maskpri
+shall be rejected. The default log mask allows all priorities to be
+logged. A call to
+\fIopenlog\fR()
+is not required prior to calling
+\fIsetlogmask\fR().
+.P
+Symbolic constants for use as values of the
+.IR logopt ,
+.IR facility ,
+.IR priority ,
+and
+.IR maskpri
+arguments are defined in the
+.IR <syslog.h>
+header.
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+The
+\fIsetlogmask\fR()
+function shall return the previous log priority mask. The
+\fIcloselog\fR(),
+\fIopenlog\fR(),
+and
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+functions shall not return a value.
+.SH ERRORS
+No errors are defined.
+.LP
+.IR "The following sections are informative."
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.SS "Using openlog(\|)"
+.P
+The following example causes subsequent calls to
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+to log the process ID with each message, and to write messages to the
+system console if they cannot be sent to the logging facility.
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.nf
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+.P
+char *ident = "Process demo";
+int logopt = LOG_PID | LOG_CONS;
+int facility = LOG_USER;
+\&...
+openlog(ident, logopt, facility);
+.fi
+.P
+.RE
+.SS "Using setlogmask(\|)"
+.P
+The following example causes subsequent calls to
+\fIsyslog\fR()
+to accept error messages, and to reject all other messages.
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.nf
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+.P
+int result;
+int mask = LOG_MASK (LOG_ERR);
+\&...
+result = setlogmask(mask);
+.fi
+.P
+.RE
+.SS "Using syslog"
+.P
+The following example sends the message
+.BR \(dqThis is a message\(dq
+to the default logging facility, marking the message as an error
+message generated by random processes.
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.nf
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+.P
+char *message = "This is a message";
+int priority = LOG_ERR | LOG_USER;
+\&...
+syslog(priority, message);
+.fi
+.P
+.RE
+.SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
+None.
+.SH RATIONALE
+None.
+.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
+None.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR "\fIfprintf\fR\^(\|)"
+.P
+The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
+.IR "\fB<syslog.h>\fP"
+.\"
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
+Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
+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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
+.PP
+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 .