NAME

SYSLOGD-SENDTEST - Syslog Message Tests

SYNOPSIS

syslod-sendtest [options] [host]

DESCRIPTION

Sends sample Syslog messages.

OPTIONS

host           The host to send to.
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) localhost.

-d datagram    Entire Syslog datagram.  Use double-quotes to delimit.
--datagram     Overrides all other options except 'host'.
               Example:
                 "<190>Jan 01 00:00:00 host syslog.pl[123]: Message"

               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [build from user input]

-f facility    Syslog facility.  Valid facility:
--facility       kernel, user, mail, system, security, internal, 
                 printer, news, uucp, clock, security2, ftp, ntp, 
                 audit, alert, clock2, local0, local1, local2, 
                 local3, local4, local5, local6, local7
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [local7]

-me message    Syslog message.  Use double-quotes to delimit 
--message      if spaces are used.
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) ["Message from ..."]

-ms            Include milliseconds in timestamp.
--msec         Not RFC 3164 compliant.
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [do not include]

-s severity    Syslog severity.  Valid severity:
 --severity      emergency, alert, critical, error, 
                 warning, notice, informational, debug
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [informational]

-y             Include year in timestamp.
--year         Not RFC 3164 compliant.
               DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [do not include]

LICENSE

This software is released under the same terms as Perl itself. If you don't know what that means visit http://perl.com/.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) Michael Vincent 2010

http://www.VinsWorld.com

All rights reserved