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 NAME     
 |  |  |  | syslog, sysfatal – system error messages 
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 SYNOPSIS     
 |  |  |  | #include <u.h> #include <libc.h> 
    
    
    void syslog(int cons, char *logname, char *fmt, ...) 
    
    
    void sysfatal(char *fmt, ...)
 
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 DESCRIPTION     
 |  |  |  | Sysfatal prints to standard error the name of the running program,
    a colon and a space, the message described by the print(3) format
    string fmt and subsequent arguments, and a newline. It then calls
    exits(3) with the formatted message as argument. The program’s
    name is the value of argv0, which will be set if the program uses
    the arg(3) interface
    to process its arguments. If argv0 is null, it is ignored and
    the following colon and space are suppressed. 
    
    
    Syslog logs messages in the file named by logname in the directory
    /usr/lib/plan9/log ; the file must
    already exist and is opened append-only. Logname must contain
    no slashes. The message is a line with several fields: the name
    of the machine writing the message; the date and time; the message
    specified by the print(3) format fmt and any following arguments;
    and a final newline. If cons is set or the log file cannot be
    opened, the message is also printed on the system console. Syslog
    can be used safely in multi-threaded programs. 
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