NAME

       SYSLOGD-SENDTEST - Syslog Message Tests

SYNOPSIS

        syslod-sendtest [options] [host]

DESCRIPTION

       Sends sample Syslog messages.

OPTIONS

        host           The host to send to.
                       DEFAULT:  (or not specified) localhost.

        -4               Force IPv4.
        -6               Force IPv6 (overrides -4).

        -d datagram      Entire Syslog datagram.  Use double-quotes to delimit.
        --datagram       Overrides all other options except 'host'.
                         Example:
                           "<190>Jan 01 00:00:00 host syslog.pl[123]: Message"

                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [build from user input]

        -f facility      Syslog facility.  Valid facility:
        --facility         kernel, user, mail, system, security, internal,
                           printer, news, uucp, clock, security2, ftp, ntp,
                           audit, alert, clock2, local0, local1, local2,
                           local3, local4, local5, local6, local7
                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [local7]

        -h name|IP[v6]   Hostname.
        --hostname       DEFAULT:  (or not specified) localhost

        -m message       Syslog message.  Use double-quotes to delimit
        --message        if spaces are used.
                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) ["Message from ..."]

        -ms              Include milliseconds in timestamp.
        --msec           Not RFC 3164 compliant.
                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [do not include]

        -s severity      Syslog severity.  Valid severity:
         --severity        emergency, alert, critical, error,
                           warning, notice, informational, debug
                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [informational]

        -y               Include year in timestamp.
        --year           Not RFC 3164 compliant.
                         DEFAULT:  (or not specified) [do not include]

LICENSE

       This software is released under the same terms as Perl itself.  If you don't know what
       that means visit <http://perl.com/>.

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) Michael Vincent 2010

       <http://www.VinsWorld.com>

       All rights reserved