#!/usr/bin/perl -w $|++; use strict; use Sys::Syslog; # For openlog() call my $ident = 'somefunprocessname'; my $logopt = 'pid'; my $facility = 'user'; # For syslog() call my $priority = 'notice'; my $mask = ''; my $format = ''; my @args = '-ip user.notice -t somefunprocessname'; openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility); syslog($priority, 'asdfasdf'); closelog();