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-.\" @(#)syslogd.8 6.10 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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-.Dd March 16, 1991
-.Dt SYSLOGD 8
-.Os BSD 4.2
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm syslogd
-.Nd log systems messages
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm syslogd
-.Op Fl f Ar config_file
-.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
-.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Syslogd
-reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
-machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.
-The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl f
-Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file;
-the default is
-.Pa /etc/syslog.conf .
-.It Fl m
-Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
-the default is 20 minutes.
-.It Fl p
-Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket;
-the default is
-.Pa /dev/log .
-.El
-.Pp
-.Nm Syslogd
-reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it
-receives a hangup signal.
-For information on the format of the configuration file,
-see
-.Xr syslog.conf 5 .
-.Pp
-.Nm Syslogd
-reads messages from the
-.Tn UNIX
-domain socket
-.Pa /dev/log ,
-from an Internet domain socket specified in
-.Pa /etc/services ,
-and from the special device
-.Pa /dev/klog
-(to read kernel messages).
-.Pp
-.Nm Syslogd
-creates the file
-.Pa /var/run/syslog.pid ,
-and stores its process
-id there.
-This can be used to kill or reconfigure
-.Nm syslogd .
-.Pp
-The message sent to
-.Nm syslogd
-should consist of a single line.
-The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding
-decimal number in angle braces, for example,
-.Sq Aq 5.
-This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
-include file
-.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact
-.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf
-The configuration file.
-.It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid
-The process id of current
-.Nm syslogd .
-.It Pa /dev/log
-Name of the
-.Tn UNIX
-domain datagram log socket.
-.It Pa /dev/klog
-The kernel log device.
-.El
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr logger 1 ,
-.Xr syslog 3 ,
-.Xr services 5 ,
-.Xr syslog.conf 5
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-command appeared in
-.Bx 4.3 .