simple shell script log function

gistfile1.sh

# Vars for log()
LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger"   # Path to logger
FACILITY="LOCAL4"          # Syslog facility
PROG="´basename $0´"       # Program name
SYSLOG="YES"               # Write to Syslog? (YES/NO)
VERBOSE="NO"               # Write to STDOUT? (YES/NO)
 
# Function: log()
# Usage: log priority "message"
log()
{
  [ "$VERBOSE" = "YES" ] && echo "`date '+%b %e %H:%M:%S'`: $2"
  [ "$SYSLOG" = "YES" ] && $LOGGER -t $PROG -p $FACILITY.$1 $2
}