SYSLOG(3POSIX)

💖 SYSLOG(3POSIX) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual entry for syslog — yes, that's a 3POSIX page, so it lives in section 3 of the POSIX manual, not the Linux one. come sit with me 🫶

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🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. meaning: it describes the standard, not any one implementation.

heads up bestie: the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. and honestly? the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. vibe check accordingly. 😭

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✨ NAME ✨

syslog — log a message 📝

like. that's the whole job. it logs a message. iconic behavior.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <syslog.h>

void syslog(int priority, const char *message, ... /* argument */);

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the thing — this page does not describe the function itself. it says:

Refer to closelog().

that's literally it, bestie. go read closelog() for the actual tea. this page is giving "table of contents" energy and honestly? respect. the syslog family keeps its real description over there. 🧚

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

okay this part is the legal stuff and we do not skip it, periodt:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.

In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. like, it's the final boss. the original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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lowkey important: if this page looks weird or a character got mangled, that's a conversion oopsie, not a standard oopsie. report it at the link above. 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! shoutout to IEEE / The Open Group, 2017 for making this one happen, and yes the footer really does say SYSLOG(3POSIX) at the bottom like a little signature. slay. 💖✨🎀