Re: Syslog and pg_options (for RPMs)

ncm(at)zembu(dot)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