I'm trying to use Sys::Syslog to log an emergency condition, but LOG_EMERG,"emergency","emerg" or even '0' doesn't work.

I'm on linux.

E.G.

use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros);
Sys::Syslog::syslog(LOG_EMERG,"%s","Foo");

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produces this error:

syslog: invalid level/facility: 0 at ./test.pl line 11

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I've tried lots of other log levels, like LOG_ALERT and LOG_NOTICE, and they work fine.

I can use the command line "logger" tool like this:

logger -p 0 -t test "Foo"

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And it works fine.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks!
--Pileofrogs

Update: openlog() doesn't help.. see below

Another Update: I'm a total dufus. I have an old version of Sys::Syslog.

In reply to Sys::Syslog and LOG_EMERG by pileofrogs

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