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WRITELOG(8)		  InterNetNews Documentation		   WRITELOG(8)

NAME
       writelog	- Write	or mail	a log entry

SYNOPSIS
       writelog	name text

DESCRIPTION
       The writelog script is used to write a log entry	or send	it as mail.

       The name	parameter specifies the	name of	the log	file where the entry
       should be written.  If it is the	word "mail", then the entry is sent as
       the subject of a	mail to	the newsmaster address specified with
       --with-news-master at configure time (the default address is "usenet").

       If name is "/dev/null", the script does nothing and exits.

       The data	that is	written	to a log file consists of the text given on
       the command line, followed by standard input indented by	four spaces.
       When sent by mail, the subject is text and the body is standard input
       without indentation.

       shlock(1) is used to avoid simultaneous updates to a single log file.

HISTORY
       Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
       <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for	InterNetNews.  Rewritten into POD by Julien
       Elie.

SEE ALSO
       innd(8),	innstat(8), news.daily(8), newslog(5), nnrpd(8), scanlogs(8).

INN 2.8.0			  2021-11-20			   WRITELOG(8)

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