logger: some switches ignored

[Andrew Benham]

Ubuntu 14.04LTS
logger from util-linux 2.20.1

Some switches are silently ignored:

     -s, --stderr
              Output the message to standard error as well as to the system
              log.

  Doesn't work as documented - there is no output on stderr when using this switch

     -n, --server server
              Write to the specified remote syslog server using UDP instead of
              to the builtin syslog routines.

 Doesn't work as documented - there is no network traffic to the specified host, the message is logged to the local syslog

Can't tell if "-d" and "-P" work correctly as I can't get logger to send over the network.

[Andrew Benham (z-launchpad-adsb-co-uk)]

The '-n' problem is known about but nobody seems to be fixing it.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/371604/sending-udp-packets-with-logger-command

[Andrew Benham (z-launchpad-adsb-co-uk)]

See also:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684264

[Ben Kietzman (ben-kietzman)]

The bug you reported does not apply to the logger application. I think you may be referring to a different logger application. This logger application contains the following switches:

-d, --daemon
--data
-e EMAIL, --email=EMAIL
-h, --help
-r DAYS, --retain-DAYS
-v, --version