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.IX Title "WRITELOG 8"
.TH WRITELOG 8 2024-04-01 "INN 2.7.2" "InterNetNews Documentation"
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.SH NAME
writelog \- Write or mail a log entry
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&\fBwritelog\fR \fIname\fR \fItext\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \fBwritelog\fR script is used to write a log entry or send it as mail.
.PP
The \fIname\fR parameter specifies the name of the log file where the
entry should be written.  If it is the word \f(CW\*(C`mail\*(C'\fR, then the entry is
sent as the subject of a mail to the newsmaster address specified with
\&\fB\-\-with\-news\-master\fR at configure time (the default address is \f(CW\*(C`usenet\*(C'\fR).
.PP
If \fIname\fR is \f(CW\*(C`/dev/null\*(C'\fR, the script does nothing and exits.
.PP
The data that is written to a log file consists of the \fItext\fR given on the
command line, followed by standard input indented by four spaces.  When sent
by mail, the subject is \fItext\fR and the body is standard input without
indentation.
.PP
shlock(1) is used to avoid simultaneous updates to a single log file.
.SH HISTORY
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Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
<rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  Rewritten into POD by Julien Elie.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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innd(8), innstat(8), news.daily(8), newslog(5), nnrpd(8), scanlogs(8).