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Subject: Re: writing to syslog from a shell script?
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On 10/23/05, Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> wrote:
> How could I write an entry to syslog from a shell script.  For
> example, I want to write an entry stating that a command worked or
> didn't work, along with an error message.

Check out logger(1)