initlog logs messages and events to the system logger.
It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. initlog
reads a configuration file
/etc/initlog.conf
by default, to determine its settings. Any line preceded with a
#
is a comment, and the following configuration directives
are recognized:
facility <logging facility>
Sets the default logging facility
priority <logging priority>
Sets the default logging priority
ignore <regexp>
Messages that match the regular expression will not be logged.
initlog behavior can also be configured by command-line options.
Note that initlog is deprecated and will be removed in a future
release.
OPTIONS
-c, --cmd=[program]
Execute the specified program, logging anything output to
stdout or stderr.
-e, --event=[number]
Logs that the specified event happened. Used in conjuction
with --name. Currently specified events are:
1
the action completed successfully
2
the action failed
3
the action was cancelled at user request
4
the action failed due to the failure of a dependent action
-f, --facility=[facility]
Log at the specified syslog facility. The default
is daemon (see syslog(3)).
-n, --name=[string]
Log the event under the specified string, such as
"inetd".
-p, --priority=[priority]
Log at the specified syslog priority. The default
is notice (see syslog(3)).
-q
Do not print the program's output, unless it exits
with a non-zero exit code.
-r, --run=[program]
Execute the specified program, with an open file
descriptor so that the program can pass back
commands to initlog.
