Hello all. Probably lots of faults as I'm new to programming, but what I'm trying to do is get the process pid in the logfile, like this entry: 
Jan 19 10:29:09 mgmt yum[26377]: Installed: perl-Unix-Syslog-1.1-3.el6
+.x86_64

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I'm using Unix::Syslog to do the logging but I suspect my problem is related to perl rather than that module specifically. My code: 
use constant LOGINFO => 'LOG_INFO';
use constant LOGPID => 'LOG_PID';

# Open syslog channel
openlog('my-program.pl', @{[ LOGPID ]}, 3);

# Daemonise
$daemon->Init();
syslog (@{[ LOGINFO ]}, "my-program.pl started and daemonised");

# Run the thing
&main_function();

closelog();

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But what I get in syslog is this: 
Jan 19 17:20:46 mgmt my-program.pl: my-program.pl started and daemonis
+ed

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..and the following error on starting the program: 
Argument "LOG_PID" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at ./my-program.p
+l line 66.

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It seems it want a numeric value, but is there a numeric value for LOG_PID? Also it seems I should be able to put text in here so I can specify multiple option rather than just one. Any help appreciated. spoov

In reply to Numeric values required in Unix::Syslog? by spoovy

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