init

README.md

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+This is a simple script providing a BASH interface to log to a remote syslog server.

syslog.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Set syslog_local="TRUE" to only log locally.
+
+syslog_host="syslog.adamonet"
+syslog_port="514"
+syslog_type="tcp"
+syslog_facility="local7"
+
+if [[ -z ${syslog_facility} ]]; then
+	syslog_facility="local7";
+fi
+message="${*:2}"
+if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
+	priority="${syslog_facility}.info"
+	message="$1"
+else
+	case $1 in
+		0|e*) priority="${syslog_facility}.emerg" ;;
+		1|a*) priority="${syslog_facility}.alert" ;;
+		2|c*) priority="${syslog_facility}.crit" ;;
+		3|e*) priority="${syslog_facility}.err" ;;
+		4|w*) priority="${syslog_facility}.warning" ;;
+		5|n*) priority="${syslog_facility}.notice" ;;
+		6|i*) priority="${syslog_facility}.info" ;;
+		7|d*) priority="${syslog_facility}.debug" ;;
+		*)
+			echo "Exit: invalid severity level. No log sent."
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+fi
+
+if [[ $syslog_local == "TRUE" ]]; then
+	logger -i \
+		-p "${priority}" \
+		"${message}"
+else
+	logger -i --tcp \
+		-n $syslog_host \
+		-P $syslog_port \
+		-p "${priority}" \
+		"${message}"
+fi