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| author |   bluhm <bluhm@openbsd.org> | 2016-02-22 22:22:30 +0000 |
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| committer | bluhm <bluhm@openbsd.org> | 2016-02-22 22:22:30 +0000 |
| commit | 63450a05132632e175c92200a79a05eecd8629c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 86d5d56eabf49f88a19baf403769dad8adf84e81 /lib/libc | |
| parent | Properly handle ed-files which fully replace input file content. This (diff) | |
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Document sendsyslog2(2) in man page.
from Rafael Neves; input jmc@; OK deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/sendsyslog.2 | 33 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sendsyslog.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sendsyslog.2 index 73434f5b109..5761df3d031 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/sendsyslog.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/sendsyslog.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sendsyslog.2,v 1.4 2015/09/10 17:55:21 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sendsyslog.2,v 1.5 2016/02/22 22:22:30 bluhm Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Theo de Raadt .\" @@ -14,23 +14,44 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2015 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 22 2016 $ .Dt SENDSYSLOG 2 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm sendsyslog +.Nm sendsyslog , +.Nm sendsyslog2 .Nd send a message to syslogd .Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/syslog.h .In sys/types.h .Ft int .Fn sendsyslog "const void *msg" "size_t len" +.Ft int +.Fn sendsyslog2 "const void *msg" "size_t len" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Fn sendsyslog -is used to transmit a +and +.Fn sendsyslog2 +functions are used to transmit a .Xr syslog 3 formatted message direct to .Xr syslogd 8 without requiring the allocation of a socket. +.Pp +The +.Fa flags +argument of +.Fn sendsyslog2 +accepts the +.Dv LOG_CONS +flag. +If +.Dv LOG_CONS +is specified, and +.Xr syslogd 8 +is not accepting messages, the message will be sent directly to the +console. This is used internally by .Xr syslog_r 3 , so that messages can be sent during difficult situations. @@ -53,3 +74,7 @@ The .Fn sendsyslog function call appeared in .Ox 5.6 . +The +.Fn sendsyslog2 +function call appeared in +.Ox 5.9 . |