syslog(3head)

1syslog.h(3HEAD)                     Headers                    syslog.h(3HEAD)
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NAME

6       syslog.h, syslog - definitions for system error logging
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <syslog.h>
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DESCRIPTION

13       The <syslog.h> header defines the following symbolic constants, zero or
14       more of which can be OR'ed together to form the logopt option of  open‐
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17       LOG_PID       Log the process ID with each message.
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20       LOG_CONS      Log to the system console on error.
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23       LOG_NDELAY    Connect to syslog daemon immediately.
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33       The  following symbolic constants are defined as possible values of the
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36       LOG_KERN      reserved for message generated by the system
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39       LOG_USER      message generated by a process
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42       LOG_MAIL      reserved for message generated by mail system
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45       LOG_NEWS      reserved for message generated by news system
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48       LOG_UUCP      reserved for message generated by UUCP system
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51       LOG_DAEMON    reserved for message generated by system daemon
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54       LOG_AUTH      reserved for message generated by authorization daemon
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57       LOG_CRON      reserved for message generated by clock daemon
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60       LOG_LPR       reserved for message generated by printer system
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63       LOG_LOCAL0    reserved for local use
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88       The following is declared as a macro for constructing the maskpri argu‐
89       ment  to  setlogmask(). The following macro expands to an expression of
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92       LOG_MASK(pri)    a mask for priority pri
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96       The following constants are defined as possible values for the priority
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99       LOG_EMERG      A panic condition was reported to all processes.
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108       LOG_ERR        An error message.
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114       LOG_NOTICE     A condition requiring special handling.
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117       LOG_INFO       A general information message.
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124       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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129       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
130       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
131       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
132       │Interface Stability          │Standard                     │
133       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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