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Redirect script output to syslog from within script itself
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self-logging.sh
#!/bin/sh -eu
LOGPIPE=/tmp/logpipe.$$
mkfifo $LOGPIPE
logger -t "$0.$$" -f $LOGPIPE &
exec 1>$LOGPIPE
exec 2>&1
rm -f $LOGPIPE
echo "hello on stdout"
echo "hello on stderr" >&2
exec sleep 20
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