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.

-4               Force IPv4.
-6               Force IPv6 (overrides -4).

-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]

-h name|IP[v6]   Hostname.
--hostname       DEFAULT:  (or not specified) localhost


-m 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