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| author | Sami Kerola | 2014-06-28 17:08:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2014-07-28 22:15:18 +0200 |
| commit | aab5b44405b9a6ada92e419e5a84cc0d1d4afee9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6c9be6b72af4bc928242f4ccc1464f8db9660849 /misc-utils/logger.1 | |
| parent | docs: add logger protocol notes to manual page (diff) | |
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logger: add process --id=parent optional argument
When scripts send several messages they will be easier to group together
when parent process id is printed rather than id of the each logger
process.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/logger.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/logger.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.1 b/misc-utils/logger.1 index a624f44fb..1a366db00 100644 --- a/misc-utils/logger.1 +++ b/misc-utils/logger.1 @@ -56,9 +56,13 @@ port defined in /etc/services, which is often \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Display help text and exit. .TP -\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-id\fR -Log the process ID of the logger process with each line. -.TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-id\fR=[\fBppid\fR|\fBpid\fR] +Log the PID of the logger process with each line. When optional +argument +.B ppid +is specified PPID is used instead of logger command PID. Use of +.B ppid +is recommended in scripts that send several messages. .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-server\fR \fIserver\fR Write to the specified remote syslog |