Richard Lohman wrote: > Problem is, I'd like the output to resemble other syslog messages: > Mmm dd HH:MM:SS hostname bash[pid]: command > And ultimately drop the username in as well. Since only bash is logging in
I suggest using the 'logger' command instead of modifying bash. Normally I am doing things like this: logger -t cmdname "my log message here" But you can get the format you wish with: logger -t "cmdname[$$]" "your log message here" Bob
