syslog question

From: Jason Alburger (jason.ctr.alburger_at_FAA.GOV)
Date: 04/30/04

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    AIX 4.3.3

    I'm attempting to script a log viewer to pull out significant events from a
    system log and I am having some trouble with priority codes. A section in
    the man page on syslogd states about the log output format:

    Each message is one line. A message can contain a priority code, marked by
    a digit enclosed in < > (angle braces) at the beginning of the line.
    Messages longer than 900 bytes may be truncated.

    In my /etc/syslog.conf, I have:
    local6.info /foo/sshell.log

    I've attempted to create some test log messages with:
    logger -p local6.emerg this is only a test

    Which produces this in /foo/sshell.log:
    Apr 30 16:12:13 zcynsm2 root: this is only a test

    The output does not show the priority code (emerg, or 0, in this case). How
    do I get the priority code to be listed in the log as well so I can get my
    log viewer to differentiate message priority?
    I'm expecting the priority to be displayed as stated above in the man
    pages.

    Thanks!!

    Jason Alburger
    609-485-7225
    CPDLC Engineer
    Joseph Sheairs Associates, Inc.
    FAA/AOS-330

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