opensolaris man page for syslog

syslog.h(3HEAD) 						      Headers							   syslog.h(3HEAD)

NAME
       syslog.h, syslog - definitions for system error logging

SYNOPSIS
       #include <syslog.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The  <syslog.h>	header	defines the following symbolic constants, zero or more of which can be OR'ed together to form the logopt option of
       openlog():

       LOG_PID	     Log the process ID with each message.

       LOG_CONS      Log to the system console on error.

       LOG_NDELAY    Connect to syslog daemon immediately.

       LOG_ODELAY    Delay open until syslog() is called.

       LOG_NOWAIT    Do not wait for child processes.

       The following symbolic constants are defined as possible values of the facility argument to openlog():

       LOG_KERN      reserved for message generated by the system

       LOG_USER      message generated by a process

       LOG_MAIL      reserved for message generated by mail system

       LOG_NEWS      reserved for message generated by news system

       LOG_UUCP      reserved for message generated by UUCP system

       LOG_DAEMON    reserved for message generated by system daemon

       LOG_AUTH      reserved for message generated by authorization daemon

       LOG_CRON      reserved for message generated by clock daemon

       LOG_LPR	     reserved for message generated by printer system

       LOG_LOCAL0    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL1    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL2    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL3    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL4    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL5    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL6    reserved for local use

       LOG_LOCAL7    reserved for local use

       The following is declared as a macro for constructing the maskpri argument to setlogmask(). The following macro expands to an expression of
       type int when the argument pri is an expre ssion of type int:

       LOG_MASK(pri)	a mask for priority pri

       The following constants are defined as possible values for the priority argument of syslog():

       LOG_EMERG      A panic condition was reported to all processes.

       LOG_ALERT      A condition that should be corrected immediately.

       LOG_CRIT       A critical condition.

       LOG_ERR	      An error message.

       LOG_WARNING    A warning message.

       LOG_NOTICE     A condition requiring special handling.

       LOG_INFO       A general information message.

       LOG_DEBUG      A message useful for debugging programs.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       syslog(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    10 Sep 2003 						   syslog.h(3HEAD)