| SENDSYSLOG(2) | System Calls Manual | SENDSYSLOG(2) |
sendsyslog,
sendsyslog2 — send a message
to syslogd
#include
<sys/syslog.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int
sendsyslog(const
void *msg, size_t
len);
int
sendsyslog2(const
void *msg, size_t
len, int
flags);
The
sendsyslog()
and sendsyslog2() functions are used to transmit a
syslog(3) formatted message
direct to syslogd(8) without
requiring the allocation of a socket.
The flags argument of
sendsyslog2()
accepts the LOG_CONS flag. If
LOG_CONS is specified, and
syslogd(8) is not accepting
messages, the message will be sent directly to the console. This is used
internally by syslog_r(3),
so that messages can be sent during difficult situations.
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.
sendsyslog() can fail if:
ENOTCONN]The sendsyslog() function call appeared in
OpenBSD 5.6. The
sendsyslog2() function call appeared in
OpenBSD 5.9.
| February 22, 2016 | OpenBSD-5.9 |