testlog.sh

testlog.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
#    testlog.sh -- a script to test the syslog facility to ensure that
#                  messages, at various levels, are being forwarded
#                  to the correct file(s)
#
# Set behaviour
FACILITY=local7
LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger"
# 
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.emerg   "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.emerg (0)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.alert   "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.alert (1)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.crit    "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.crit (2)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.err     "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.err (3)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.warning "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.warning (4)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.notice  "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.notice (5)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.info    "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.info (6)"
$LOGGER -p $FACILITY.debug   "This meassage was sent to $FACILITY.debug (7)"