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SETLOGMASK(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						     SETLOGMASK(3)

NAME
setlogmask - set log priority mask SYNOPSIS
#include <syslog.h> int setlogmask(int mask); DESCRIPTION
A process has a log priority mask that determines which calls to syslog(3) may be logged. All other calls will be ignored. Logging is enabled for the priorities that have the corresponding bit set in mask. The initial mask is such that logging is enabled for all priori- ties. The setlogmask() function sets this logmask for the current process, and returns the previous mask. If the mask argument is 0, the current logmask is not modified. The eight priorities are LOG_EMERG, LOG_ALERT, LOG_CRIT, LOG_ERR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_NOTICE, LOG_INFO and LOG_DEBUG. The bit corresponding to a priority p is LOG_MASK(p). Some systems also provide a macro LOG_UPTO(p) for the mask of all priorities in the above list up to and including p. RETURN VALUE
This function returns the previous log priority mask. ERRORS
None. CONFORMING TO
XPG4. Note that the description in POSIX 1003.1-2001 is flawed. SEE ALSO
closelog(3), openlog(3), syslog(3) 2001-10-05 SETLOGMASK(3)

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SETLOGMASK(3)                                                Linux Programmer's Manual                                               SETLOGMASK(3)

NAME
setlogmask - set log priority mask SYNOPSIS
#include <syslog.h> int setlogmask(int mask); DESCRIPTION
A process has a log priority mask that determines which calls to syslog(3) may be logged. All other calls will be ignored. Logging is enabled for the priorities that have the corresponding bit set in mask. The initial mask is such that logging is enabled for all priori- ties. The setlogmask() function sets this logmask for the calling process, and returns the previous mask. If the mask argument is 0, the current logmask is not modified. The eight priorities are LOG_EMERG, LOG_ALERT, LOG_CRIT, LOG_ERR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_NOTICE, LOG_INFO, and LOG_DEBUG. The bit corresponding to a priority p is LOG_MASK(p). Some systems also provide a macro LOG_UPTO(p) for the mask of all priorities in the above list up to and including p. RETURN VALUE
This function returns the previous log priority mask. ERRORS
None. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +-------------+---------------+------------------------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +-------------+---------------+------------------------+ |setlogmask() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:LogMask | +-------------+---------------+------------------------+ CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. SEE ALSO
closelog(3), openlog(3), syslog(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. 2017-09-15 SETLOGMASK(3)
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