Method System.openlog()

Method openlog

void openlog(string ident, int options, facility)

Description

Initializes the connection to syslogd.

Parameter ident.

The ident argument specifies an identifier to tag all logentries with.

Parameter options

A bitfield specifying the behaviour of the message logging. Valid options are:

`LOG_PID`	Log the process ID with each message.
`LOG_CONS`	Write messages to the console if they can't be sent to syslogd.
`LOG_NDELAY`	Open the connection to syslogd now and not later.
`LOG_NOWAIT`	Do not wait for subprocesses talking to syslogd.

Parameter facility

Specifies what subsystem you want to log as. Valid facilities are:

`LOG_AUTH`	Authorization subsystem
`LOG_AUTHPRIV`
`LOG_CRON`	Crontab subsystem
`LOG_DAEMON`	System daemons
`LOG_KERN`	Kernel subsystem (NOT USABLE)
`LOG_LOCAL`	For local use
`LOG_LOCAL1`
`LOG_LOCAL2`
`LOG_LOCAL3`
`LOG_LOCAL4`
`LOG_LOCAL5`
`LOG_LOCAL6`
`LOG_LOCAL7`
`LOG_LPR`	Line printer spooling system
`LOG_MAIL`	Mail subsystem
`LOG_NEWS`	Network news subsystem
`LOG_SYSLOG`
`LOG_USER`
`LOG_UUCP`	UUCP subsystem

Note

Only available on systems with syslog(3).

Bugs

LOG_NOWAIT should probably always be specified.

See also

syslog , closelog