1WRITELOG(8) System Manager's Manual WRITELOG(8)
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6 writelog - add a entry to an INN log file.
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9 writelog name text...
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12 The writelog script is used to write a log entry or send it as mail.
13 The name parameter specifies the name of the log file where the entry
14 should be written. If it is the word ``mail'' then the entry is mailed
15 to the news administrator, <USER specified with --with-news-mas‐
16 ter at configure>. The data that is written or sent consists of the
17 text given on the command line, followed by standard input indented by
18 four spaces. Shlock(1) is used to avoid simultaneous updates to a sin‐
19 gle log file.
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22 Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
23 <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 5909, dated
24 2002-12-03.
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27 innd(8), innstat(8), news.daily(8), newslog(5), nnrpd(8), scanlogs(8).
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