ncm@zembu.com (Nathan Myers) writes:
> Not so fast... logger just writes its arguments to syslog. I don't
> see any indication that it (portably) reads its standard input.
FWIW, the HPUX 10.20 man page for logger sez:
A message can be given on the command line, which is logged immediately, or a file is read and each line is
logged. If no file or message is specified, the contents of the standard input are logged.
and they also claim
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE logger: XPG4, POSIX.2
The fact that it's POSIX.2 rather than POSIX.1 might worry folks, but
I suspect the majority of systems will have it if they have syslog.
(Curiously, the HP man pages do not say that syslog(3) or syslogd(1m)
conform to *any* standard ... hmm ... is logger more portable than
syslog?)
regards, tom lane
