SYNOPSIS

[-d fd:level ] [-f facility ] [-p pidfile ] cmd [args... ]
-f list
-l
-V | -h

DESCRIPTION

The utility executes a program, reads everything that it outputs to a set of file descriptors (by default the standard output and standard error streams) and logs it to the system log.

The utility may be passed the following options:

-d

Specify the level for messages on a file descriptor; may (and probably should) be used more than once. If no -d options are specified, will assume ``-d 1:info -d 2:err'' i.e. log the program's standard output using the ``info'' level and the errors using the ``err'' one.

-f

Specify the syslog facility to use, or ``list'' for a list of the available values. If not specified, will use the ``daemon'' facility.

-h

Display program usage information and exit.

-l

List the available syslog levels.

-p

Specify the file to write the child process ID to.

-V

Display program version information and exit.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are shown as given to the shell.

Log the string ``information'' to the ``daemon:info'' syslog facility:

stdsyslog echo information

Log the string ``error'' to the ``local4:err'' facility:

stdsyslog -f local4 sh -c 'echo error 1>&2'

Run the ``sprog'' program with two arguments, ``some'' and ``args'' store its process ID into the sprog.pid file and log the messages appearing on its standard output to ``daemon:info'' and the ones on its standard error stream to ``daemon:err''

stdsyslog -p sprog.pid -d 1:info -d 2:crit sprog some args

TODO

Planned or at least possible enhancements:

*

Command-line flags to specify openlog(3) options.

*

Command-line flags to specify patterns for text appearing on some file descriptors for possibly logging with another priority, e.g. lines appearing on the standard error stream starting with ``DBG:'' should be logged with the debug priority.