Philip Guenther([email protected]) on 2019.06.16 12:28:35 -0700:
>
> Testing something else I needed to call syslog(3) with LOG_CONS. Diff
> below adds support to logger(1) for doing that. Option choice is
> compatible with NetBSD.
>
> ok?
sounds useful, -c looks like a good choice too.
ok
>
> Philip Guenther
>
> Index: logger.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /data/src/openbsd/src/usr.bin/logger/logger.1,v
> retrieving revision 1.21
> diff -u -p -r1.21 logger.1
> --- logger.1 5 Jun 2013 17:35:12 -0000 1.21
> +++ logger.1 16 Jun 2019 19:19:26 -0000
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
> .Nd make entries in the system log
> .Sh SYNOPSIS
> .Nm logger
> -.Op Fl is
> +.Op Fl cis
> .Op Fl f Ar file
> .Op Fl p Ar pri
> .Op Fl t Ar tag
> @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ system log module.
> .Pp
> The options are as follows:
> .Bl -tag -width "-f file"
> +.It Fl c
> +If unable to pass the message to
> +.Xr syslogd 8 ,
> +attempt to write the message to the console.
> .It Fl f Ar file
> Read from the specified
> .Ar file .
> @@ -102,5 +106,5 @@ utility is compliant with the
> specification.
> .Pp
> The flags
> -.Op Fl ifpst
> +.Op Fl cfipst
> are extensions to that specification.
> Index: logger.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /data/src/openbsd/src/usr.bin/logger/logger.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.17
> diff -u -p -r1.17 logger.c
> --- logger.c 28 Mar 2016 18:18:52 -0000 1.17
> +++ logger.c 16 Jun 2019 19:18:33 -0000
> @@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> tag = NULL;
> pri = LOG_NOTICE;
> logflags = 0;
> - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "f:ip:st:")) != -1)
> + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "cf:ip:st:")) != -1)
> switch(ch) {
> + case 'c': /* log to console */
> + logflags |= LOG_CONS;
> + break;
> case 'f': /* file to log */
> if (freopen(optarg, "r", stdin) == NULL) {
> (void)fprintf(stderr, "logger: %s: %s.\n",
> @@ -180,6 +183,6 @@ void
> usage(void)
> {
> (void)fprintf(stderr,
> - "usage: logger [-is] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message ...]\n");
> + "usage: logger [-cis] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message ...]\n");
> exit(1);
> }
>
