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| author | Sami Kerola | 2014-06-23 22:26:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2014-07-28 22:15:17 +0200 |
| commit | 4c3ac8fe5291367b6e997e8febbad5d33175aca4 (patch) | |
| tree | 0fc0e09428d6538134a38e8a618279a40aed9722 /misc-utils/logger.1 | |
| parent | logger: refactor long if clause (diff) | |
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docs: make logger.1 facilities and levels easier to read
Most people read vertical list a lot quicker than horizontal.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/logger.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/logger.1 | 61 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.1 b/misc-utils/logger.1 index ea1e97dad..35d53c86e 100644 --- a/misc-utils/logger.1 +++ b/misc-utils/logger.1 @@ -160,32 +160,53 @@ to start with a hyphen (\-). Write this \fImessage\fR to the log; if not specified, and the .B \-f flag is not provided, standard input is logged. -.PP +.SH RETURN VALUE The .B logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. -.PP +.SH FACILITIES AND LEVELS Valid facility names are: -.IR auth , \ authpriv -(for security information of a sensitive nature), -.IR cron , \ daemon , \ ftp , \ kern -(can't be generated from user process), -.IR lpr , \ mail , \ news , \ security -(deprecated synonym for -.IR auth ), \ syslog , \ user , \ uucp , -and -.IR local0 \ to \ local7 , -inclusive. +.IP +.TS +tab(:); +left l l. +\fIauth\fR +\fIauthpriv\fR:for security information of a sensitive nature +\fIcron\fR +\fIdaemon\fR +\fIftp\fR +\fIkern\fR:cannot be generated from user process +\fIlpr\fR +\fImail\fR +\fInews\fR +\fIsyslog\fR +\fIuser\fR +\fIuucp\fR +\fIlocal0\fR + to: +\fIlocal7\fR +\fIsecurity\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIauth\fR +.TE .PP Valid level names are: -.IR alert , \ crit , \ debug , \ emerg , \ err , \ error -(deprecated synonym for -.IR err ), \ info , \ notice , \ panic -(deprecated synonym for -.IR emerg ), \ warning , \ warn -(deprecated synonym for -.IR warning ). -For the priority order and intended purposes of these levels, see +.IP +.TS +tab(:); +left l l. +\fIemerg\fR +\fIalert\fR +\fIcrit\fR +\fIerr\fR +\fIwarning\fR +\fInotice\fR +\fIinfo\fR +\fIdebug\fR +\fIpanic\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIemerg\fR +\fIerror\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIerr\fR +\fIwarn\fR:deprecated synonym for \fIwarning\fR +.TE +.PP +For the priority order and intended purposes of these facilities and levels, see .BR syslog (3). .SH EXAMPLES logger System rebooted |