logger(1)                                                  logger(1)


       NAME
             logger - log messages

       SYNOPSIS
             logger string . . .

       DESCRIPTION
             logger saves all the string arguments to a log file so the
             system administrator can later read them.  Note that the
             string arguments are treated as normal arguments by the shell,
             and may need quoting to avoid expansion.

             Each string is written to the log, separated by a single
             space.  The list of strings are preceded by the string
             ``UX:logger:INFO:''.

             No output is written to stdout.

       FILES
             /dev/conslog
                   file to which the log is written (the log file)

             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
                   language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

       REFERENCES
             logger(1BSD), the BSD command

       DIAGNOSTICS
             If the log file cannot be opened, logger writes a diagnostic
             message to stderr and terminates with a non-zero exit value.

       NOTES
             This command is a POSIX.2 command, and should be used in
             preference to the BSD version of logger.













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