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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3/Sys::Syslog.3perl b/upstream/archlinux/man3/Sys::Syslog.3perl new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26da6019 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3/Sys::Syslog.3perl @@ -0,0 +1,729 @@ +.\" -*- mode: troff; coding: utf-8 -*- +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 5.01 (Pod::Simple 3.43) +.\" +.\" Standard preamble: +.\" ======================================================================== +.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) +.if t .sp .5v +.if n .sp +.. +.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text +.ft CW +.nf +.ne \\$1 +.. +.de Ve \" End verbatim text +.ft R +.fi +.. +.\" \*(C` and \*(C' are quotes in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>. +.ie n \{\ +. ds C` "" +. ds C' "" +'br\} +.el\{\ +. ds C` +. ds C' +'br\} +.\" +.\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" +.\" If the F register is >0, we'll generate index entries on stderr for +.\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index +.\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the +.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. +.\" +.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'. +.de IX +.. +.nr rF 0 +.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1 +.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\ +. if \nF \{\ +. de IX +. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" +.. +. if !\nF==2 \{\ +. nr % 0 +. nr F 2 +. \} +. \} +.\} +.rr rF +.\" ======================================================================== +.\" +.IX Title "Sys::Syslog 3perl" +.TH Sys::Syslog 3perl 2024-02-11 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" +.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes +.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. +.if n .ad l +.nh +.SH NAME +Sys::Syslog \- Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls +.SH VERSION +.IX Header "VERSION" +This is the documentation of version 0.36 +.SH SYNOPSIS +.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" +.Vb 2 +\& use Sys::Syslog; # all except setlogsock() +\& use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros); # standard functions & macros +\& +\& openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility); # don\*(Aqt forget this +\& syslog($priority, $format, @args); +\& $oldmask = setlogmask($mask_priority); +\& closelog(); +.Ve +.SH DESCRIPTION +.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" +\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR is an interface to the UNIX \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR program. +Call \f(CWsyslog()\fR with a string priority and a list of \f(CWprintf()\fR args +just like \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR. +.SH EXPORTS +.IX Header "EXPORTS" +\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR exports the following \f(CW\*(C`Exporter\*(C'\fR tags: +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`:standard\*(C'\fR exports the standard \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR functions: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& openlog closelog setlogmask syslog +.Ve +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`:extended\*(C'\fR exports the Perl specific functions for \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogsock +.Ve +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`:macros\*(C'\fR exports the symbols corresponding to most of your \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR +macros and the \f(CWLOG_UPTO()\fR and \f(CWLOG_MASK()\fR functions. +See "CONSTANTS" for the supported constants and their meaning. +.PP +By default, \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR exports the symbols from the \f(CW\*(C`:standard\*(C'\fR tag. +.SH FUNCTIONS +.IX Header "FUNCTIONS" +.ie n .IP "\fBopenlog($ident, \fR\fB$logopt\fR\fB, \fR\fB$facility\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.el .IP "\fBopenlog($ident, \fR\f(CB$logopt\fR\fB, \fR\f(CB$facility\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.IX Item "openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility)" +Opens the syslog. +\&\f(CW$ident\fR is prepended to every message. \f(CW$logopt\fR contains zero or +more of the options detailed below. \f(CW$facility\fR specifies the part +of the system to report about, for example \f(CW\*(C`LOG_USER\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`LOG_LOCAL0\*(C'\fR: +see "Facilities" for a list of well-known facilities, and your +\&\f(CWsyslog(3)\fR documentation for the facilities available in your system. +Check "SEE ALSO" for useful links. Facility can be given as a string +or a numeric macro. +.Sp +This function will croak if it can't connect to the syslog daemon. +.Sp +Note that \f(CWopenlog()\fR now takes three arguments, just like \f(CWopenlog(3)\fR. +.Sp +\&\fBYou should use \fR\f(CBopenlog()\fR\fB before calling \fR\f(CBsyslog()\fR\fB.\fR +.Sp +\&\fBOptions\fR +.RS 4 +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`cons\*(C'\fR \- This option is ignored, since the failover mechanism will drop +down to the console automatically if all other media fail. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`ndelay\*(C'\fR \- Open the connection immediately (normally, the connection is +opened when the first message is logged). +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`noeol\*(C'\fR \- When set to true, no end of line character (\f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR) will be +appended to the message. This can be useful for some syslog daemons. +Added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.29. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`nofatal\*(C'\fR \- When set to true, \f(CWopenlog()\fR and \f(CWsyslog()\fR will only +emit warnings instead of dying if the connection to the syslog can't +be established. Added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.15. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`nonul\*(C'\fR \- When set to true, no \f(CW\*(C`NUL\*(C'\fR character (\f(CW\*(C`\e0\*(C'\fR) will be +appended to the message. This can be useful for some syslog daemons. +Added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.29. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`nowait\*(C'\fR \- Don't wait for child processes that may have been created +while logging the message. (The GNU C library does not create a child +process, so this option has no effect on Linux.) +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`perror\*(C'\fR \- Write the message to standard error output as well to the +system log. Added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.22. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`pid\*(C'\fR \- Include PID with each message. +.RE +.RS 4 +.Sp +\&\fBExamples\fR +.Sp +Open the syslog with options \f(CW\*(C`ndelay\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`pid\*(C'\fR, and with facility \f(CW\*(C`LOCAL0\*(C'\fR: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", "local0"); +.Ve +.Sp +Same thing, but this time using the macro corresponding to \f(CW\*(C`LOCAL0\*(C'\fR: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", LOG_LOCAL0); +.Ve +.RE +.ie n .IP "\fBsyslog($priority, \fR\fB$message\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.el .IP "\fBsyslog($priority, \fR\f(CB$message\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog($priority, $message)" +.PD 0 +.ie n .IP "\fBsyslog($priority, \fR\fB$format\fR\fB, \fR\fB@args\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.el .IP "\fBsyslog($priority, \fR\f(CB$format\fR\fB, \fR\f(CB@args\fR\fB)\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog($priority, $format, @args)" +.PD +If \f(CW$priority\fR permits, logs \f(CW$message\fR or \f(CW\*(C`sprintf($format, @args)\*(C'\fR +with the addition that \f(CW%m\fR in \f(CW$message\fR or \f(CW$format\fR is replaced with +\&\f(CW"$!"\fR (the latest error message). +.Sp +\&\f(CW$priority\fR can specify a level, or a level and a facility. Levels and +facilities can be given as strings or as macros. When using the \f(CW\*(C`eventlog\*(C'\fR +mechanism, priorities \f(CW\*(C`DEBUG\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`INFO\*(C'\fR are mapped to event type +\&\f(CW\*(C`informational\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`NOTICE\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`WARNING\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`warning\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ERR\*(C'\fR to +\&\f(CW\*(C`EMERG\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`error\*(C'\fR. +.Sp +If you didn't use \f(CWopenlog()\fR before using \f(CWsyslog()\fR, \f(CWsyslog()\fR will +try to guess the \f(CW$ident\fR by extracting the shortest prefix of +\&\f(CW$format\fR that ends in a \f(CW":"\fR. +.Sp +\&\fBExamples\fR +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& # informational level +\& syslog("info", $message); +\& syslog(LOG_INFO, $message); +\& +\& # information level, Local0 facility +\& syslog("info|local0", $message); +\& syslog(LOG_INFO|LOG_LOCAL0, $message); +.Ve +.RS 4 +.IP \fBNote\fR 4 +.IX Item "Note" +\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR version v0.07 and older passed the \f(CW$message\fR as the +formatting string to \f(CWsprintf()\fR even when no formatting arguments +were provided. If the code calling \f(CWsyslog()\fR might execute with +older versions of this module, make sure to call the function as +\&\f(CW\*(C`syslog($priority, "%s", $message)\*(C'\fR instead of \f(CW\*(C`syslog($priority, +$message)\*(C'\fR. This protects against hostile formatting sequences that +might show up if \f(CW$message\fR contains tainted data. +.RE +.RS 4 +.RE +.IP \fBsetlogmask($mask_priority)\fR 4 +.IX Item "setlogmask($mask_priority)" +Sets the log mask for the current process to \f(CW$mask_priority\fR and +returns the old mask. If the mask argument is 0, the current log mask +is not modified. See "Levels" for the list of available levels. +You can use the \f(CWLOG_UPTO()\fR function to allow all levels up to a +given priority (but it only accept the numeric macros as arguments). +.Sp +\&\fBExamples\fR +.Sp +Only log errors: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR) ); +.Ve +.Sp +Log everything except informational messages: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogmask( ~(LOG_MASK(LOG_INFO)) ); +.Ve +.Sp +Log critical messages, errors and warnings: +.Sp +.Vb 3 +\& setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_CRIT) +\& | LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR) +\& | LOG_MASK(LOG_WARNING) ); +.Ve +.Sp +Log all messages up to debug: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogmask( LOG_UPTO(LOG_DEBUG) ); +.Ve +.IP \fBsetlogsock()\fR 4 +.IX Item "setlogsock()" +Sets the socket type and options to be used for the next call to \f(CWopenlog()\fR +or \f(CWsyslog()\fR. Returns true on success, \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR on failure. +.Sp +Being Perl-specific, this function has evolved along time. It can currently +be called as follow: +.RS 4 +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CWsetlogsock($sock_type)\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location)\*(C'\fR (added in Perl 5.004_02) +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location, $sock_timeout)\*(C'\fR (added in +\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.25) +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CWsetlogsock(\e%options)\fR (added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.28) +.RE +.RS 4 +.Sp +The available options are: +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`type\*(C'\fR \- equivalent to \f(CW$sock_type\fR, selects the socket type (or +"mechanism"). An array reference can be passed to specify several +mechanisms to try, in the given order. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR \- equivalent to \f(CW$stream_location\fR, sets the stream location. +Defaults to standard Unix location, or \f(CW\*(C`_PATH_LOG\*(C'\fR. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`timeout\*(C'\fR \- equivalent to \f(CW$sock_timeout\fR, sets the socket timeout +in seconds. Defaults to 0 on all systems except Mac\ OS\ X where it +is set to 0.25 sec. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`host\*(C'\fR \- sets the hostname to send the messages to. Defaults to +the local host. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`port\*(C'\fR \- sets the TCP or UDP port to connect to. Defaults to the +first standard syslog port available on the system. +.RE +.RS 4 +.Sp +The available mechanisms are: +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"native"\fR \- use the native C functions from your \f(CWsyslog(3)\fR library +(added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.15). +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"eventlog"\fR \- send messages to the Win32 events logger (Win32 only; +added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.19). +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"tcp"\fR \- connect to a TCP socket, on the \f(CW\*(C`syslog/tcp\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`syslogng/tcp\*(C'\fR +service. See also the \f(CW\*(C`host\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`port\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`timeout\*(C'\fR options. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"udp"\fR \- connect to a UDP socket, on the \f(CW\*(C`syslog/udp\*(C'\fR service. +See also the \f(CW\*(C`host\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`port\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`timeout\*(C'\fR options. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"inet"\fR \- connect to an INET socket, either TCP or UDP, tried in that +order. See also the \f(CW\*(C`host\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`port\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`timeout\*(C'\fR options. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"unix"\fR \- connect to a UNIX domain socket (in some systems a character +special device). The name of that socket is given by the \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR option +or, if omitted, the value returned by the \f(CW\*(C`_PATH_LOG\*(C'\fR macro (if your +system defines it), \fI/dev/log\fR or \fI/dev/conslog\fR, whichever is writable. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"stream"\fR \- connect to the stream indicated by the \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR option, or, +if omitted, the value returned by the \f(CW\*(C`_PATH_LOG\*(C'\fR macro (if your system +defines it), \fI/dev/log\fR or \fI/dev/conslog\fR, whichever is writable. For +example Solaris and IRIX system may prefer \f(CW"stream"\fR instead of \f(CW"unix"\fR. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"pipe"\fR \- connect to the named pipe indicated by the \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR option, +or, if omitted, to the value returned by the \f(CW\*(C`_PATH_LOG\*(C'\fR macro (if your +system defines it), or \fI/dev/log\fR (added in \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR 0.21). +HP-UX is a system which uses such a named pipe. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW"console"\fR \- send messages directly to the console, as for the \f(CW"cons"\fR +option of \f(CWopenlog()\fR. +.RE +.RS 4 +.Sp +The default is to try \f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`tcp\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`udp\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`unix\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`pipe\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`stream\*(C'\fR, +\&\f(CW\*(C`console\*(C'\fR. +Under systems with the Win32 API, \f(CW\*(C`eventlog\*(C'\fR will be added as the first +mechanism to try if \f(CW\*(C`Win32::EventLog\*(C'\fR is available. +.Sp +Giving an invalid value for \f(CW$sock_type\fR will \f(CW\*(C`croak\*(C'\fR. +.Sp +\&\fBExamples\fR +.Sp +Select the UDP socket mechanism: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogsock("udp"); +.Ve +.Sp +Send messages using the TCP socket mechanism on a custom port: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogsock({ type => "tcp", port => 2486 }); +.Ve +.Sp +Send messages to a remote host using the TCP socket mechanism: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogsock({ type => "tcp", host => $loghost }); +.Ve +.Sp +Try the native, UDP socket then UNIX domain socket mechanisms: +.Sp +.Vb 1 +\& setlogsock(["native", "udp", "unix"]); +.Ve +.IP \fBNote\fR 4 +.IX Item "Note" +Now that the "native" mechanism is supported by \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR and selected +by default, the use of the \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR function is discouraged because +other mechanisms are less portable across operating systems. Authors of +modules and programs that use this function, especially its cargo-cult form +\&\f(CWsetlogsock("unix")\fR, are advised to remove any occurrence of it unless they +specifically want to use a given mechanism (like TCP or UDP to connect to +a remote host). +.RE +.RS 4 +.RE +.IP \fBcloselog()\fR 4 +.IX Item "closelog()" +Closes the log file and returns true on success. +.SH "THE RULES OF SYS::SYSLOG" +.IX Header "THE RULES OF SYS::SYSLOG" +\&\fIThe First Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +You do not call \f(CW\*(C`setlogsock\*(C'\fR. +.PP +\&\fIThe Second Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +You \fBdo not\fR call \f(CW\*(C`setlogsock\*(C'\fR. +.PP +\&\fIThe Third Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +The program crashes, \f(CW\*(C`die\*(C'\fRs, calls \f(CW\*(C`closelog\*(C'\fR, the log is over. +.PP +\&\fIThe Fourth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +One facility, one priority. +.PP +\&\fIThe Fifth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +One log at a time. +.PP +\&\fIThe Sixth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +No \f(CW\*(C`syslog\*(C'\fR before \f(CW\*(C`openlog\*(C'\fR. +.PP +\&\fIThe Seventh Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +Logs will go on as long as they have to. +.PP +\&\fIThe Eighth, and Final Rule of Sys::Syslog is:\fR +If this is your first use of Sys::Syslog, you must read the doc. +.SH EXAMPLES +.IX Header "EXAMPLES" +An example: +.PP +.Vb 4 +\& openlog($program, \*(Aqcons,pid\*(Aq, \*(Aquser\*(Aq); +\& syslog(\*(Aqinfo\*(Aq, \*(Aq%s\*(Aq, \*(Aqthis is another test\*(Aq); +\& syslog(\*(Aqmail|warning\*(Aq, \*(Aqthis is a better test: %d\*(Aq, time); +\& closelog(); +\& +\& syslog(\*(Aqdebug\*(Aq, \*(Aqthis is the last test\*(Aq); +.Ve +.PP +Another example: +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& openlog("$program $$", \*(Aqndelay\*(Aq, \*(Aquser\*(Aq); +\& syslog(\*(Aqnotice\*(Aq, \*(Aqfooprogram: this is really done\*(Aq); +.Ve +.PP +Example of use of \f(CW%m\fR: +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& $! = 55; +\& syslog(\*(Aqinfo\*(Aq, \*(Aqproblem was %m\*(Aq); # %m == $! in syslog(3) +.Ve +.PP +Log to UDP port on \f(CW$remotehost\fR instead of logging locally: +.PP +.Vb 3 +\& setlogsock("udp", $remotehost); +\& openlog($program, \*(Aqndelay\*(Aq, \*(Aquser\*(Aq); +\& syslog(\*(Aqinfo\*(Aq, \*(Aqsomething happened over here\*(Aq); +.Ve +.SH CONSTANTS +.IX Header "CONSTANTS" +.SS Facilities +.IX Subsection "Facilities" +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUDIT\*(C'\fR \- audit daemon (IRIX); falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTH\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTH\*(C'\fR \- security/authorization messages +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTHPRIV\*(C'\fR \- security/authorization messages (private) +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_CONSOLE\*(C'\fR \- \f(CW\*(C`/dev/console\*(C'\fR output (FreeBSD); falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_USER\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_CRON\*(C'\fR \- clock daemons (\fBcron\fR and \fBat\fR) +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_DAEMON\*(C'\fR \- system daemons without separate facility value +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_FTP\*(C'\fR \- FTP daemon +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_KERN\*(C'\fR \- kernel messages +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_INSTALL\*(C'\fR \- installer subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_USER\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_LAUNCHD\*(C'\fR \- launchd \- general bootstrap daemon (Mac OS X); +falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_DAEMON\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_LFMT\*(C'\fR \- logalert facility; falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_USER\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_LOCAL0\*(C'\fR through \f(CW\*(C`LOG_LOCAL7\*(C'\fR \- reserved for local use +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_LPR\*(C'\fR \- line printer subsystem +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_MAIL\*(C'\fR \- mail subsystem +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_NETINFO\*(C'\fR \- NetInfo subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_DAEMON\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_NEWS\*(C'\fR \- USENET news subsystem +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_NTP\*(C'\fR \- NTP subsystem (FreeBSD, NetBSD); falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_DAEMON\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_RAS\*(C'\fR \- Remote Access Service (VPN / PPP) (Mac OS X); +falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTH\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_REMOTEAUTH\*(C'\fR \- remote authentication/authorization (Mac OS X); +falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTH\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_SECURITY\*(C'\fR \- security subsystems (firewalling, etc.) (FreeBSD); +falls back to \f(CW\*(C`LOG_AUTH\*(C'\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_SYSLOG\*(C'\fR \- messages generated internally by \fBsyslogd\fR +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_USER\*(C'\fR (default) \- generic user-level messages +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_UUCP\*(C'\fR \- UUCP subsystem +.SS Levels +.IX Subsection "Levels" +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_EMERG\*(C'\fR \- system is unusable +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_ALERT\*(C'\fR \- action must be taken immediately +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_CRIT\*(C'\fR \- critical conditions +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_ERR\*(C'\fR \- error conditions +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_WARNING\*(C'\fR \- warning conditions +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_NOTICE\*(C'\fR \- normal, but significant, condition +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_INFO\*(C'\fR \- informational message +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`LOG_DEBUG\*(C'\fR \- debug-level message +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.IX Header "DIAGNOSTICS" +.ie n .IP """Invalid argument passed to setlogsock""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWInvalid argument passed to setlogsock\fR" 4 +.IX Item "Invalid argument passed to setlogsock" +\&\fB(F)\fR You gave \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR an invalid value for \f(CW$sock_type\fR. +.ie n .IP """eventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWeventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available\fR" 4 +.IX Item "eventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use the Win32 event logger but the +operating system running the program isn't Win32 or does not provides Win32 +compatible facilities. +.ie n .IP """no connection to syslog available""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWno connection to syslog available\fR" 4 +.IX Item "no connection to syslog available" +\&\fB(F)\fR \f(CWsyslog()\fR failed to connect to the specified socket. +.ie n .IP """stream passed to setlogsock, but %s is not writable""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWstream passed to setlogsock, but %s is not writable\fR" 4 +.IX Item "stream passed to setlogsock, but %s is not writable" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use a stream socket, but the given +path is not writable. +.ie n .IP """stream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWstream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device\fR" 4 +.IX Item "stream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use a stream socket, but didn't +provide a path, and \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR was unable to find an appropriate one. +.ie n .IP """tcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWtcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable\fR" 4 +.IX Item "tcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use a TCP socket, but the service +is not available on the system. +.ie n .IP """syslog: expecting argument %s""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWsyslog: expecting argument %s\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog: expecting argument %s" +\&\fB(F)\fR You forgot to give \f(CWsyslog()\fR the indicated argument. +.ie n .IP """syslog: invalid level/facility: %s""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWsyslog: invalid level/facility: %s\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog: invalid level/facility: %s" +\&\fB(F)\fR You specified an invalid level or facility. +.ie n .IP """syslog: too many levels given: %s""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWsyslog: too many levels given: %s\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog: too many levels given: %s" +\&\fB(F)\fR You specified too many levels. +.ie n .IP """syslog: too many facilities given: %s""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWsyslog: too many facilities given: %s\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog: too many facilities given: %s" +\&\fB(F)\fR You specified too many facilities. +.ie n .IP """syslog: level must be given""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWsyslog: level must be given\fR" 4 +.IX Item "syslog: level must be given" +\&\fB(F)\fR You forgot to specify a level. +.ie n .IP """udp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWudp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable\fR" 4 +.IX Item "udp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use a UDP socket, but the service +is not available on the system. +.ie n .IP """unix passed to setlogsock, but path not available""" 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWunix passed to setlogsock, but path not available\fR" 4 +.IX Item "unix passed to setlogsock, but path not available" +\&\fB(W)\fR You asked \f(CWsetlogsock()\fR to use a UNIX socket, but \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR +was unable to find an appropriate an appropriate device. +.SH HISTORY +.IX Header "HISTORY" +\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR is a core module, part of the standard Perl distribution +since 1990. At this time, modules as we know them didn't exist, the +Perl library was a collection of \fI.pl\fR files, and the one for sending +syslog messages with was simply \fIlib/syslog.pl\fR, included with Perl 3.0. +It was converted as a module with Perl 5.0, but had a version number +only starting with Perl 5.6. Here is a small table with the matching +Perl and \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR versions. +.PP +.Vb 10 +\& Sys::Syslog Perl +\& \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\- +\& undef 5.0.0 ~ 5.5.4 +\& 0.01 5.6.* +\& 0.03 5.8.0 +\& 0.04 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3 +\& 0.05 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6 +\& 0.06 5.8.7 +\& 0.13 5.8.8 +\& 0.22 5.10.0 +\& 0.27 5.8.9, 5.10.1 ~ 5.14.* +\& 0.29 5.16.* +\& 0.32 5.18.* +\& 0.33 5.20.* +\& 0.33 5.22.* +.Ve +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IX Header "SEE ALSO" +.SS "Other modules" +.IX Subsection "Other modules" +Log::Log4perl \- Perl implementation of the Log4j API +.PP +Log::Dispatch \- Dispatches messages to one or more outputs +.PP +Log::Report \- Report a problem, with exceptions and language support +.SS "Manual Pages" +.IX Subsection "Manual Pages" +\&\fBsyslog\fR\|(3) +.PP +SUSv3 issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 edition, +<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/syslog.h.html> +.PP +GNU C Library documentation on syslog, +<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Syslog.html> +.PP +FreeBSD documentation on syslog, +<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslog> +.PP +Solaris 11 documentation on syslog, +<https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E53394_01/html/E54766/syslog\-3c.html> +.PP +Mac OS X documentation on syslog, +<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/syslog.3.html> +.PP +IRIX documentation on syslog, +<http://nixdoc.net/man\-pages/IRIX/man3/syslog.3c.html> +.PP +AIX 5L 5.3 documentation on syslog, +<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.basetechref/doc/basetrf2/syslog.htm> +.PP +HP-UX 11i documentation on syslog, +<http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355\-60130/syslog.3C.html> +.PP +Tru64 documentation on syslog, +<http://nixdoc.net/man\-pages/Tru64/man3/syslog.3.html> +.PP +Stratus VOS 15.1, +<http://stratadoc.stratus.com/vos/15.1.1/r502\-01/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?context=r502\-01&file=ch5r502\-01bi.html> +.SS RFCs +.IX Subsection "RFCs" +\&\fIRFC 3164 \- The BSD syslog Protocol\fR, <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html> +\&\-\- Please note that this is an informational RFC, and therefore does not +specify a standard of any kind. +.PP +\&\fIRFC 3195 \- Reliable Delivery for syslog\fR, <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3195.html> +.SS Articles +.IX Subsection "Articles" +\&\fISyslogging with Perl\fR, <http://lexington.pm.org/meetings/022001.html> +.SS "Event Log" +.IX Subsection "Event Log" +Windows Event Log, +<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en\-us/wes/wes/windows_event_log.asp> +.SH "AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" +.IX Header "AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" +Tom Christiansen <\fItchrist (at) perl.com\fR> and Larry Wall +<\fIlarry (at) wall.org\fR>. +.PP +UNIX domain sockets added by Sean Robinson +<\fIrobinson_s (at) sc.maricopa.edu\fR> with support from Tim Bunce +<\fITim.Bunce (at) ig.co.uk\fR> and the \f(CW\*(C`perl5\-porters\*(C'\fR mailing list. +.PP +Dependency on \fIsyslog.ph\fR replaced with XS code by Tom Hughes +<\fItom (at) compton.nu\fR>. +.PP +Code for \f(CWconstant()\fRs regenerated by Nicholas Clark <\fInick (at) ccl4.org\fR>. +.PP +Failover to different communication modes by Nick Williams +<\fINick.Williams (at) morganstanley.com\fR>. +.PP +Extracted from core distribution for publishing on the CPAN by +Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni <sebastien (at) aperghis.net>. +.PP +XS code for using native C functions borrowed from \f(CW\*(C`Unix::Syslog\*(C'\fR, +written by Marcus Harnisch <\fImarcus.harnisch (at) gmx.net\fR>. +.PP +Yves Orton suggested and helped for making \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR use the native +event logger under Win32 systems. +.PP +Jerry D. Hedden and Reini Urban provided greatly appreciated help to +debug and polish \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR under Cygwin. +.SH BUGS +.IX Header "BUGS" +Please report any bugs or feature requests to +\&\f(CW\*(C`bug\-sys\-syslog (at) rt.cpan.org\*(C'\fR, or through the web interface at +<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Sys\-Syslog>. +I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on +your bug as I make changes. +.SH SUPPORT +.IX Header "SUPPORT" +You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& perldoc Sys::Syslog +.Ve +.PP +You can also look for information at: +.IP \(bu 4 +Perl Documentation +.Sp +<http://perldoc.perl.org/Sys/Syslog.html> +.IP \(bu 4 +MetaCPAN +.Sp +<https://metacpan.org/module/Sys::Syslog> +.IP \(bu 4 +Search CPAN +.Sp +<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys\-Syslog/> +.IP \(bu 4 +AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation +.Sp +<http://annocpan.org/dist/Sys\-Syslog> +.IP \(bu 4 +CPAN Ratings +.Sp +<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Sys\-Syslog> +.IP \(bu 4 +RT: CPAN's request tracker +.Sp +<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Sys\-Syslog> +.PP +The source code is available on Git Hub: +<https://github.com/maddingue/Sys\-Syslog/> +.SH COPYRIGHT +.IX Header "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright (C) 1990\-2012 by Larry Wall and others. +.SH LICENSE +.IX Header "LICENSE" +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the same terms as Perl itself. |