On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 ling@mail.hnytnet.com wrote:
>
> > What's the meaning of "fac"? Is it use in syslog?
>
> Facility. It's the log level used by syslogd.
As you said, that's the log _level_. That's derived by splogger from the
text at the beginning of your logged messages.
The facility code defines the type of program that's logging the message
(kernel, mail, etc.). Look in /usr/include/syslog.h for the possible
facility codes.
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Adrian Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
