use Sys::Syslog; # all except setlogsock(), or:
use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock); # default set, plus setlogsock()
use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros); # standard functions, plus macros
Opens the syslog.
$ident is prepended to every message. $logopt contains zero or
more of the words pid, ndelay, nowait. The cons option is
ignored, since the failover mechanism will drop down to the console
automatically if all other media fail. $facility specifies the
part of the system to report about, for example LOG_USER or LOG_LOCAL0:
see your syslog(3) documentation for the facilities available in
your system. Facility can be given as a string or a numeric macro.
This function will croak if it can't connect to the syslog daemon.
ndelay - Open the connection immediately (normally, the connection is
opened when the first message is logged).
nowait - Don't wait for child processes that may have been created
while logging the message. (The GNU C library does not create a child
process, so this option has no effect on Linux.)
pid - Include PID with each message.
Examples
Open the syslog with options ndelay and pid, and with facility LOCAL0:
openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", "local0");
Same thing, but this time using the macro corresponding to LOCAL0:
If $priority permits, logs $message or sprintf($format, @args)
with the addition that %m in $message or $format is replaced with
"$!" (the latest error message).
$priority can specify a level, or a level and a facility. Levels and
facilities can be given as strings or as macros.
If you didn't use openlog() before using syslog(), syslog() will
try to guess the $ident by extracting the shortest prefix of
$format that ends in a ":".
Sys::Syslog version v0.07 and older passed the $message as the
formatting string to sprintf() even when no formatting arguments
were provided. If the code calling syslog() might execute with
older versions of this module, make sure to call the function as
syslog($priority, "%s", $message) instead of syslog($priority,
$message). This protects against hostile formatting sequences that
might show up if $message contains tainted data.
Sets the log mask for the current process to $mask_priority and
returns the old mask. If the mask argument is 0, the current log mask
is not modified. See Levels for the list of available levels.
setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location) (added in 5.004_02)
Sets the socket type to be used for the next call to
openlog() or syslog() and returns true on success,
undef on failure.
A value of "unix" will connect to the UNIX domain socket (in some
systems a character special device) returned by the _PATH_LOG macro
(if your system defines it), or /dev/log or /dev/conslog,
whatever is writable. A value of 'stream' will connect to the stream
indicated by the pathname provided as the optional second parameter.
(For example Solaris and IRIX require "stream" instead of "unix".)
A value of "inet" will connect to an INET socket (either tcp or udp,
tried in that order) returned by getservbyname(). "tcp" and "udp" can
also be given as values. The value "console" will send messages
directly to the console, as for the "cons" option in the logopts in
openlog().
A reference to an array can also be passed as the first parameter.
When this calling method is used, the array should contain a list of
sock_types which are attempted in order.
The default is to try tcp, udp, unix, stream, console.
Giving an invalid value for $sock_type will croak.
openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
syslog('info', '%s', 'this is another test');
syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
closelog();
syslog('debug', 'this is the last test');
setlogsock('unix');
openlog("$program $$", 'ndelay', 'user');
syslog('notice', 'fooprogram: this is really done');
setlogsock('inet');
$! = 55;
syslog('info', 'problem was %m'); # %m == $! in syslog(3)
# Log to UDP port on $remotehost instead of logging locally
setlogsock('udp');
$Sys::Syslog::host = $remotehost;
openlog($program, 'ndelay', 'user');
syslog('info', 'something happened over here');
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
bug-sys-syslog at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html.
I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
your bug as I make changes.
