I'm trying to convert some #!/bin/sh scripts into #!/usr/bin/perl scripts, and I'm not having any luck.

I've tried following the examples in "perldoc Sys::Syslog", but for some reason they're not working. My example script (below) produces no output either to the terminal I run it in, or to /var/log/messages (which I'm watching via a 'tail -f').

OS is RH Linux 7.0, Perl is 5.6.0. Sys::Syslog version is 0.1, I think.

Sample script:

#!/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();

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Any and all help is appreciated. TIA mucho...

-YendorMike

In reply to Sys::Syslog produces no output... by Anonymous Monk

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