05-01-2004
That seems like odd behavior. I've not been able to duplicate the behavior yet on my AIX system. Have you tried running syslog in debug mode (-d). It will output any errors etc. to stdout.
Thanks,
Keith
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LOGGER(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOGGER(1)
NAME
logger -- make entries in the system log
SYNOPSIS
logger [-is] [-f file] [-p pri] [-t tag] [message ...]
DESCRIPTION
Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog(3) system log module.
Options:
-i Log the process id of the logger process with each line.
-s Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log.
-f file Log the specified file.
-p pri Enter the message with the specified priority. The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' pair. For
example, ``-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as informational level in the local3 facility. The default is ``user.notice.''
-t tag Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.
message Write the message to log; if not specified, and the -f flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
logger System rebooted
logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
SEE ALSO
syslog(3), syslogd(8)
STANDARDS
The logger utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').
4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 4.3 Berkeley Distribution