June 2002
Beginner
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openlog
openlogident,logopt,facility
Opens the log file. Takes the following arguments:
identPrepended to every message
logoptLogging options, containing one or more of:
consWrites messages to system console if they can’t be sent to syslogd
ndelayOpens the connection immediately
nowaitDoesn’t wait for child processes before logging messages to the console
pidLogs process ID
facilitySpecifies the part of the system making the log entry