logging_bash.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Logging to local Syslog Example for Bash Scripts
#
# Author: ham5ter@ham5ter.de
#
# todo: Make using a external syslog server an easy to configure Option 
#


VERBOSE_OUTPUT=true
ACTIVATE_LOGGING=true
LOG_TO_FILE=true

LOGGER_TAG=$(basename $0)

LOGFILE="/tmp/logfile.log"

log_msg(){
  if [ "$ACTIVATE_LOGGING" = true ]; then
    if [ "$VERBOSE_OUTPUT" = true ]; then
      echo "$1"
    fi
    if [ "$LOG_TO_FILE" = true ]; then
      logger -s -t $LOGGER_TAG -i "$1" 2>> $LOGFILE
    else
      logger -t $LOGGER_TAG -i "$1"
    fi
  fi
}

main(){
  log_msg "this is a test Message"
}


main
exit 0