osf1 man page for syslog

syslog(1)						      General Commands Manual							 syslog(1)

NAME
       syslog - enables and disables printing to the console device, /dev/console, by the syslogd daemon.

SYNOPSIS
       syslog [console_on | console_off]

OPERANDS
       The  arguments  to this command are as follows: Starts printing to the console by the syslogd daemon.  Stops printing to the console by the
       syslogd daemon.

DESCRIPTION
       Under certain circumstances you may need to control the volume of information messages displayed on the console device. The syslog  command
       enables you to control the syslogd daemon's capability to print messages to the console device.

       Starting  the  syslogd  daemon  with the -s option has the same effect as using the following command: syslog console_off. You must be root
       user to execute this command and the command will fail with no errors for any unauthorized user.

       The information is still logged in a log file, providing that logging is enabled on your system.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       Commands:  syslogd(8)

       Functions:  syslog(3)

																	 syslog(1)