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:mod:`syslog` --- Unix syslog library routines
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.. module:: syslog
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:platform: Unix
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:synopsis: An interface to the Unix syslog library routines.
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--------------
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This module provides an interface to the Unix ``syslog`` library routines.
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Refer to the Unix manual pages for a detailed description of the ``syslog``
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facility.
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.. availability:: Unix, not WASI, not iOS.
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This module wraps the system ``syslog`` family of routines. A pure Python
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library that can speak to a syslog server is available in the
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:mod:`logging.handlers` module as :class:`~logging.handlers.SysLogHandler`.
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The module defines the following functions:
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.. function:: syslog(message)
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syslog(priority, message)
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Send the string *message* to the system logger. A trailing newline is added
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if necessary. Each message is tagged with a priority composed of a
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*facility* and a *level*. The optional *priority* argument, which defaults
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to :const:`LOG_INFO`, determines the message priority. If the facility is
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not encoded in *priority* using logical-or (``LOG_INFO | LOG_USER``), the
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value given in the :func:`openlog` call is used.
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If :func:`openlog` has not been called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`,
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:func:`openlog` will be called with no arguments.
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.. audit-event:: syslog.syslog priority,message syslog.syslog
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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In previous versions, :func:`openlog` would not be called automatically if
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it wasn't called prior to the call to :func:`syslog`, deferring to the syslog
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implementation to call ``openlog()``.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.12
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This function is restricted in subinterpreters.
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(Only code that runs in multiple interpreters is affected and
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the restriction is not relevant for most users.)
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:func:`openlog` must be called in the main interpreter before :func:`syslog` may be used
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in a subinterpreter. Otherwise it will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`.
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.. function:: openlog([ident[, logoption[, facility]]])
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Logging options of subsequent :func:`syslog` calls can be set by calling
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:func:`openlog`. :func:`syslog` will call :func:`openlog` with no arguments
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if the log is not currently open.
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The optional *ident* keyword argument is a string which is prepended to every
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message, and defaults to ``sys.argv[0]`` with leading path components
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stripped. The optional *logoption* keyword argument (default is 0) is a bit
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field -- see below for possible values to combine. The optional *facility*
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keyword argument (default is :const:`LOG_USER`) sets the default facility for
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messages which do not have a facility explicitly encoded.
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.. audit-event:: syslog.openlog ident,logoption,facility syslog.openlog
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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In previous versions, keyword arguments were not allowed, and *ident* was
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required.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.12
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This function is restricted in subinterpreters.
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(Only code that runs in multiple interpreters is affected and
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the restriction is not relevant for most users.)
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This may only be called in the main interpreter.
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It will raise :exc:`RuntimeError` if called in a subinterpreter.
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.. function:: closelog()
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Reset the syslog module values and call the system library ``closelog()``.
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This causes the module to behave as it does when initially imported. For
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example, :func:`openlog` will be called on the first :func:`syslog` call (if
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:func:`openlog` hasn't already been called), and *ident* and other
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:func:`openlog` parameters are reset to defaults.
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.. audit-event:: syslog.closelog "" syslog.closelog
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.. versionchanged:: 3.12
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This function is restricted in subinterpreters.
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(Only code that runs in multiple interpreters is affected and
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the restriction is not relevant for most users.)
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This may only be called in the main interpreter.
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It will raise :exc:`RuntimeError` if called in a subinterpreter.
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.. function:: setlogmask(maskpri)
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Set the priority mask to *maskpri* and return the previous mask value. Calls
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to :func:`syslog` with a priority level not set in *maskpri* are ignored.
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The default is to log all priorities. The function ``LOG_MASK(pri)``
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calculates the mask for the individual priority *pri*. The function
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``LOG_UPTO(pri)`` calculates the mask for all priorities up to and including
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*pri*.
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.. audit-event:: syslog.setlogmask maskpri syslog.setlogmask
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The module defines the following constants:
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.. data:: LOG_EMERG
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LOG_ALERT
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LOG_CRIT
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LOG_ERR
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LOG_WARNING
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LOG_NOTICE
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LOG_INFO
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LOG_DEBUG
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Priority levels (high to low).
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.. data:: LOG_AUTH
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LOG_AUTHPRIV
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LOG_CRON
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LOG_DAEMON
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LOG_FTP
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LOG_INSTALL
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LOG_KERN
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LOG_LAUNCHD
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LOG_LPR
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LOG_MAIL
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LOG_NETINFO
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LOG_NEWS
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LOG_RAS
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LOG_REMOTEAUTH
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LOG_SYSLOG
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LOG_USER
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LOG_UUCP
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LOG_LOCAL0
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LOG_LOCAL1
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LOG_LOCAL2
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LOG_LOCAL3
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LOG_LOCAL4
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LOG_LOCAL5
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LOG_LOCAL6
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LOG_LOCAL7
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Facilities, depending on availability in ``<syslog.h>`` for :const:`LOG_AUTHPRIV`,
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:const:`LOG_FTP`, :const:`LOG_NETINFO`, :const:`LOG_REMOTEAUTH`,
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:const:`LOG_INSTALL` and :const:`LOG_RAS`.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.13
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Added :const:`LOG_FTP`, :const:`LOG_NETINFO`, :const:`LOG_REMOTEAUTH`,
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:const:`LOG_INSTALL`, :const:`LOG_RAS`, and :const:`LOG_LAUNCHD`.
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.. data:: LOG_PID
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LOG_CONS
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LOG_NDELAY
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LOG_ODELAY
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LOG_NOWAIT
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LOG_PERROR
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Log options, depending on availability in ``<syslog.h>`` for
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:const:`LOG_ODELAY`, :const:`LOG_NOWAIT` and :const:`LOG_PERROR`.
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Examples
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--------
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Simple example
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A simple set of examples::
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import syslog
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syslog.syslog('Processing started')
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if error:
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syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, 'Processing started')
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An example of setting some log options, these would include the process ID in
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logged messages, and write the messages to the destination facility used for
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mail logging::
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syslog.openlog(logoption=syslog.LOG_PID, facility=syslog.LOG_MAIL)
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syslog.syslog('E-mail processing initiated...')
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