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diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.1 b/misc-utils/logger.1 index 82df6be7a..b5459ed4c 100644 --- a/misc-utils/logger.1 +++ b/misc-utils/logger.1 @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ .\" .\" @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" +.\" Section on valid facitily and level strings added by +.\" and1000@debian.org, 26 Oct 1997. .Dd June 6, 1993 .Dt LOGGER 1 .Os BSD 4.3 @@ -78,6 +80,11 @@ Mark every line in the log with the specified Write to socket as specified with .Ar socket instead of builtin syslog routines. +.It -- +End the argument list. This is to allow the +.Ar message +to start with a hyphen (\-). This feature was not present in the +original BSD logger command; it is a GNU-specific extra. .It Ar message Write the message to log; if not specified, and the .Fl f @@ -88,6 +95,15 @@ provided, standard input is logged. The .Nm logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. +.Pp +Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security information of +a sensitive nature), cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, +security (deprecated synonym for auth), syslog, user, uucp, and local0 +to local7, inclusive. +.Pp +Valid level names are: alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, error +(deprecated synonym for err), info, notice, panic (deprecated synonym +for emerg), warning, warn (deprecated synonym for warning). .Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact logger System rebooted |