When using the "logger" command to write messages to the system logs from scripts, I use the -t "tag" to store the scripts name along side the message it's written to the log.
I do this to make finding entries easier for troubleshooting.
- Are there any ad-hoc standards for using this tag message?
- If you use it, what do you put in there?
Best Answer
You're doing it right. Most people that I know use the script or program name with
-t, such that log entries are easy to search. Exactly the way you are doing it.I use it the same way. Occasionally, I will use the username of a person that called a script instead of the script name, but that's for specific cases.
As long as you're using it in a way that makes your log entries recognizable, keep doing it that way.