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      1 .TH splogger 8
      2 .SH NAME
      3 splogger \- make entries in syslog
      4 .SH SYNOPSIS
      5 .B splogger
      6 [
      7 .I tag
      8 [
      9 .I fac
     10 ]
     11 ]
     12 .SH DESCRIPTION
     13 .B splogger
     14 reads a series of messages and feeds them to
     15 .BR syslog .
     16 At the front of each message it puts
     17 .I tag
     18 (default:
     19 .BR splogger )
     20 and a numerical timestamp.
     21 
     22 .B splogger
     23 checks for
     24 .B alert:
     25 or
     26 .B warning:
     27 at the beginning of each message.
     28 It selects a priority of
     29 LOG_ALERT, LOG_WARNING, or LOG_INFO accordingly.
     30 
     31 .B splogger
     32 logs messages with facility
     33 .IR fac .
     34 .I fac
     35 (default: 2)
     36 must be numeric.
     37 
     38 .B splogger
     39 converts unprintable characters to question marks.
     40 
     41 .B splogger
     42 does not log blank lines.
     43 
     44 .B splogger
     45 folds messages after 800 characters,
     46 since
     47 .B syslog
     48 can't handle long messages.
     49 .B splogger
     50 uses a + after the timestamp
     51 to mark folded lines.
     52 
     53 Note that the
     54 .B syslog
     55 mechanism is inherently unreliable:
     56 it does not guarantee that messages will be logged.
     57 It is also very slow.
     58 .SH "SEE ALSO"
     59 syslog(3),
     60 logger(8)