logger(1)

logger -- log messages

Synopsis

logger string . . .

Description

logger saves all the string arguments to a log file so the system administrator can later read them. Note that the string arguments are treated as normal arguments by the shell, and may need quoting to avoid expansion.

Each string is written to the log, separated by a single space. The list of strings are preceded by the string ``UX:logger:INFO:''.

No output is written to stdout.

Files

/dev/conslog: file to which the log is written (the log file)
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore: language-specific message file (see LANG on environ(5)).

References

logger(1bsd)

Diagnostics

If the log file cannot be opened, logger writes a diagnostic message to stderr and terminates with a non-zero exit value.

Notices

This command is a POSIX.2 command, and should be used in preference to the BSD version of logger.