syslog: Send log message to syslog server

In syslognet: Send Log Messages to Remote 'syslog' Server

Description

Send log message to syslog server.

Usage

syslog(
  message,
  severity = "NOTICE",
  facility = "USER",
  host = Sys.info()[["nodename"]],
  app_name = Sys.info()[["user"]],
  proc_id = Sys.getpid(),
  server = "localhost",
  port = 601L
)

Arguments

message	text message (string).
severity	severity level (string).
facility	log facility (string).
host	machine that originally sends the message (string).
app_name	application name that originally sends the message (string).
proc_id	process id that originally sends the message (numeric).
server	syslogd server hostname (string).
port	syslogd server port (integer).

Value

Number of bytes written to socket.

Examples

## Not run: 
syslog("log message", "INFO", app_name = 'program', server = 'logserver')

## End(Not run)

syslognet documentation built on Jan. 8, 2020, 5:07 p.m.