NAME

    Sys::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls


DESCRIPTION

    Sys::Syslog is an interface to the UNIX syslog(3) program.
    Call syslog() with a string priority and a list of printf() args
    just like syslog(3).


INSTALLATION

    To install this module, run the following commands:

        $ perl Makefile.PL
        $ make
        $ make test
        $ make install

    A ANSI-compliant compiler is required to compile the extension.

    Sys::Syslog has been tested by the author on the following systems,
    but is likely to run on many more:

      - Linux 2.6, gcc 3.4.1
      - FreeBSD 4.7, gcc 2.95.4
      - FreeBSD 6.0, gcc 3.4.4
      - Mac OS X 10.4, gcc 4.0.1

    Sys::Syslog should on any Perl since 5.6.0. This module has been 
    tested by the author to check that it works with the following
    versions ot Perl:

      - Perl 5.6.2 i686-linux (custom build)
      - Perl 5.8.5 i386-linux-thread-multi (vendor build)
      - Perl 5.6.1 i386-freebsd (custom build)
      - Perl 5.8.7 i386-freebsd (custom build)
      - Perl 5.8.8 i386-freebsd-64int (custom build)
      - Perl 5.8.6 darwin-thread-multi-2level (PowerPC, x86) (vendor build)

    See also the corresponding CPAN Testers page:
        http://testers.cpan.org/show/Sys-Syslog.html


SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

    After installing, you can find documentation for this module 
    with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Sys::Syslog

    You can also look for information at:

        Search CPAN
            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog/

        Kobes' CPAN Search
            http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Sys-Syslog

        CPAN Request Tracker:
            http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Sys-Syslog

        AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation:
            http://annocpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog

        CPAN Ratings:
            http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Sys-Syslog


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.