Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 22:08:37 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh script echo to syslog Message-ID: <20171108220837.c6cb234d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5A036890.7090204@gmail.com> References: <5A036890.7090204@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:26:56 -0500, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Hello list;
>
> I have a sh script that I use echo "message text" and it shows on the
> terminal console that started the script. Thats ok, but I would like to
> also have that same message posted the syslog.
The easiest way is to use the "logger" command, for example:
logger -t <scriptname> "<message text>"
If you omit -t <name>, the user account under which the script
runs will be logged; it's probably easier to use the scripts
own identifier for this purpose. If you don't want it to be
hard-coded, use this:
logger -t `basename $0` "<message text>"
Or with one external program call less:
logger -t ${0##*/} "<message text>"
That's probably the most convenient approach. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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