splogger(8) splogger(8) NNAAMMEE splogger - make entries in syslog SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ssppllooggggeerr [ _t_a_g [ _f_a_c ] ] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN ssppllooggggeerr reads a series of messages and feeds them to ssyysslloogg. At the front of each message it puts _t_a_g (default: ssppllooggggeerr) and a numerical timestamp. ssppllooggggeerr checks for aalleerrtt:: or wwaarrnniinngg:: at the beginning of each mes- sage. It selects a priority of LOG_ALERT, LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly. ssppllooggggeerr logs messages with facility _f_a_c. _f_a_c (default: 2) must be numeric. ssppllooggggeerr converts unprintable characters to question marks. ssppllooggggeerr does not log blank lines. ssppllooggggeerr folds messages after 800 characters, since ssyysslloogg can’t handle long messages. ssppllooggggeerr uses a + after the timestamp to mark folded lines. Note that the ssyysslloogg mechanism is inherently unreliable: it does not guarantee that messages will be logged. It is also very slow. SSEEEE AALLSSOO syslog(3), logger(8) splogger(8)