Sys::Syslog(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide					  Sys::Syslog(3pm)

NAME

       Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

SYNOPSIS

	   use Sys::Syslog;			     # all except setlogsock, or:
	   use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock);  # default set, plus setlogsock

	   setlogsock $sock_type;
	   openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility;
	   syslog $priority, $format, @args;
	   $oldmask = setlogmask $mask_priority;
	   closelog;

DESCRIPTION

       Sys::Syslog is an interface to the UNIX syslog(3) program.  Call "syslog()" with a string priority and a list of "printf()" args just like
       syslog(3).

       Syslog provides the functions:

       openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility
	   $ident is prepended to every message.  $logopt contains zero or more of the words pid, ndelay, nowait.  The cons option is ignored,
	   since the failover mechanism will drop down to the console automatically if all other media fail.  $facility specifies the part of the
	   system

       syslog $priority, $format, @args
	   If $priority permits, logs ($format, @args) printed as by "printf(3V)", with the addition that %m is replaced with "$!" (the latest
	   error message).

       setlogmask $mask_priority
	   Sets log mask $mask_priority and returns the old mask.

       setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added in 5.004_02)
	   Sets the socket type to be used for the next call to "openlog()" or "syslog()" and returns TRUE on success, undef on failure.

	   A value of 'unix' will connect to the UNIX domain socket returned by the "_PATH_LOG" macro (if your system defines it) in syslog.ph.  A
	   value of 'stream' will connect to the stream indicated by the pathname provided as the optional second parameter.  A value of 'inet'
	   will connect to an INET socket (either tcp or udp, tried in that order) returned by getservbyname(). 'tcp' and 'udp' can also be given
	   as values. The value 'console' will send messages directly to the console, as for the 'cons' option in the logopts in openlog().

	   A reference to an array can also be passed as the first parameter.  When this calling method is used, the array should contain a list
	   of sock_types which are attempted in order.

	   The default is to try tcp, udp, unix, stream, console.

	   Giving an invalid value for sock_type will croak.

       closelog
	   Closes the log file.

       Note that "openlog" now takes three arguments, just like openlog(3).

EXAMPLES

	   openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
	   syslog('info', 'this is another test');
	   syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
	   closelog();

	   syslog('debug', 'this is the last test');

	   setlogsock('unix');
	   openlog("$program $$", 'ndelay', 'user');
	   syslog('notice', 'fooprogram: this is really done');

	   setlogsock('inet');
	   $! = 55;
	   syslog('info', 'problem was %m'); # %m == $! in syslog(3)

SEE ALSO

       syslog(3)

AUTHOR

       Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> and Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>.

       UNIX domain sockets added by Sean Robinson <robinson_s@sc.maricopa.edu> with support from Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> and the
       perl5-porters mailing list.

       Dependency on syslog.ph replaced with XS code by Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>.

       Code for constant()s regenerated by Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>.

       Failover to different communication modes by Nick Williams <Nick.Williams@morganstanley.com>.

perl v5.8.0							    2002-06-01							  Sys::Syslog(3pm)