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Subject: Re: writing to syslog from a shell script?
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On Oct 23, 2005, at 11:42 AM, David Kirchner wrote:

> 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)

Thanks!  That does exactly what I need!

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