NAME
sendsyslog —
send a message to syslogd
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
int
sendsyslog(const
void *msg, size_t
len);
DESCRIPTION
sendsyslog()
is used to transmit a
syslog(3) formatted message direct to
syslogd(8) without requiring the allocation of a socket. This is used
internally by
syslog_r(3), so that messages can be sent during difficult
situations.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
sendsyslog() can fail if:
- [
ENOTCONN] - The message cannot be sent, likely because syslogd(8) is not running.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The sendsyslog() function call appeared in
OpenBSD 5.6.