From e38f6a1fe67efb031c325ea87f11c0bccd09453f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: f <f@sutty.nl>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 16:48:38 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] syslogize

a wrapper for sending output to syslog when the program doesn't support
it.  if adds syslogging support to daemonize as well.
---
 syslogize.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 syslogize.sh

diff --git a/syslogize.sh b/syslogize.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..97060ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslogize.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# A wrapper for programs that can't write to syslog.  Output and error
+# are sent to syslog.
+#
+# Use LOGGER environment variable to pass options to `logger`.  They'll
+# probably be system-dependent, so handle with care.
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+# LOGGER="-t program" syslogize program -o -p --tions argu ments
+#
+# daemonize syslogize program
+
+if test $# -eq 0 ; then
+  grep "^#" $0 | grep -v /bin/sh | sed -re "s/^#\s*//" >&2
+
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+$@ 2>&1 | logger ${LOGGER}