Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:53:05 -0500 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh script echo to syslog Message-ID: <5A037CC1.2030200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20171108220837.c6cb234d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <5A036890.7090204@gmail.com> <20171108220837.c6cb234d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote:
> 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. :-)
>
Thanks to all who replied.
Logger was just what I needed.
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