09-25-2006
Logger Command
Hi I have a command in a script .
/usr/bin/iostat -E
I would like to place an entry in /var/adm/messages (via syslog) as a daemon.notice using the logger command but i just cant work out the syntax for this , do I pipe the output of iostat into logger? or is it redirected...can somebody give me an example of how i would get this to work
any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers
gary
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
strclean
strclean(1M) System Administration Commands strclean(1M)
NAME
strclean - STREAMS error logger cleanup program
SYNOPSIS
strclean [-a age] [-d logdir]
DESCRIPTION
strclean is used to clean up the STREAMS error logger directory on a regular basis (for example, by using cron. By default, all files with
names matching error.* in /var/adm/streams that have not been modified in the last three days are removed.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-aage The maximum age in days for a log file can be changed using the -a option.
-dlogdir A directory other than /var/adm/streams can be specified using the -d option.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample of using the strclean command.
This example has the same result as running strclean with no arguments:
example% strclean -d /var/adm/streams -a 3
FILES
/var/adm/streams/error.*
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cron(1M), strerr(1M), attributes(5)
STREAMS Programming Guide
NOTES
strclean is typically run from cron on a daily or weekly basis.
SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 strclean(1M)