LOGGER - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 1P
Updated : 2017
Source : IEEE/The Open Group
Note : POSIX Programmer's Manual
PROLOGThis manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAMElogger — log messages
SYNOPSISlogger string...
DESCRIPTIONThe logger utility saves a message, in an unspecified manner and format, containing the string operands provided by the user. The messages are expected to be evaluated later by personnel performing system administration tasks. It is implementation-defined whether messages written in locales other than the POSIX locale are effective.
OPTIONSNone.
OPERANDSThe following operand shall be supported: string One of the string arguments whose contents are concatenated together, in the order specified, separated by single <space> characters.
STDINNot used.
INPUT FILESNone.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLESThe following environment variables shall affect the execution of logger: LANG Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.) LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables. LC_CTYPE Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments). LC_MESSAGES
Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. (This means diagnostics from logger to the user or application, not diagnostic messages that the user is sending to the system administrator.) NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTSDefault.
STDOUTNot used.
STDERRThe standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILESUnspecified.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTIONNone.
EXIT STATUSThe following exit values shall be returned: 0 Successful completion. >0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORSDefault. The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGEThis utility allows logging of information for later use by a system administrator or programmer in determining why non-interactive utilities have failed. The locations of the saved messages, their format, and retention period are all unspecified. There is no method for a conforming application to read messages, once written.
EXAMPLESA batch application, running non-interactively, tries to read a configuration file and fails; it may attempt to notify the system administrator with: logger myname: unable to read file foo. [timestamp]
RATIONALEThe standard developers believed strongly that some method of alerting administrators to errors was necessary. The obvious example is a batch utility, running non-interactively, that is unable to read its configuration files or that is unable to create or write its results file. However, the standard developers did not wish to define the format or delivery mechanisms as they have historically been (and will probably continue to be) very system-specific, as well as involving functionality clearly outside the scope of this volume of POSIX.1‐2017. The text with LC_MESSAGES about diagnostic messages means diagnostics from logger to the user or application, not diagnostic messages that the user is sending to the system administrator. Multiple string arguments are allowed, similar to echo, for ease-of-use. Like the utilities mailx and lp, logger is admittedly difficult to test. This was not deemed sufficient justification to exclude these utilities from this volume of POSIX.1‐2017. It is also arguable that they are, in fact, testable, but that the tests themselves are not portable.
FUTURE DIRECTIONSNone.
SEE ALSOlp , mailx , write The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Chapter 8, Environment Variables
COPYRIGHTPortions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . 0
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