1ELOG(1) General Commands Manual ELOG(1)
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6 elog - utility program for Electronic Logbook ELOG
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9 elog -a attribute=value [ -e id ] [ -f file... ] -h host [ -l logbook ]
10 [ -m textfile ] [ -p port ] [ -r id ] [ -s subdir ] [ -u username pass‐
11 word ] [ -v ] [ -w password ] message [ -x ]
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14 The Electronic Logbook ELOG can be used to store and retrieve messages
15 through a Web interface. Depending on the configuration, the ELOG sys‐
16 tem can host one or more logbooks which are stored in separate sections
17 on the server. elog is the standalone client program which can be used
18 from the command line to interact with the ELOG daemon (elogd). The
19 elog message can either be submitted on the command line or piped
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21 message with blanks must be enclosed in quotes. Multiple attributes
22 can be specified as well as several attachments. The password must
23 match the write password defined on the server. If user level access
24 is defined on the server (via the `Password file' option), a valid user
25 name / password pair must be specified with the `-u' option.
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27 The elog program makes it possible to submit logbook entries automati‐
28 cally by the system or from scripts. In some shift logbooks this fea‐
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71 The full documentation for ELOG is maintained as an html manual. You
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75 Written by Stefan Ritt <stefan.ritt@psi.ch>.
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77 This manual page was written by Recai Oktas <roktas@omu.edu.tr>, for
78 the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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82 January 15, 2002 ELOG(1)