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

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+#!/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}