=head1 NAME

writelog - Write or mail a log entry

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<writelog> I<name> I<text>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<writelog> script is used to write a log entry or send it as mail.

The I<name> parameter specifies the name of the log file where the
entry should be written.  If it is the word C<mail>, then the entry is
sent as the subject of a mail to the newsmaster address specified with
B<--with-news-master> at configure time (the default address is C<usenet>).

If I<name> is C</dev/null>, the script does nothing and exits.

The data that is written to a log file consists of the I<text> given on the
command line, followed by standard input indented by four spaces.  When sent
by mail, the subject is I<text> and the body is standard input without
indentation.

shlock(1) is used to avoid simultaneous updates to a single log file.

=head1 HISTORY

Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
<rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  Rewritten into POD by Julien Elie.

=head1 SEE ALSO

innd(8), innstat(8), news.daily(8), newslog(5), nnrpd(8), scanlogs(8).

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