Writing to the message log in Linux with C

 The following is an example of writing to the message log in Linux with C

from here, maybe here and also here if you are feeling brave.

#include <syslog.h>

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{

setlogmask (LOG_UPTO (LOG_NOTICE));

openlog ("myprogramlog", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1);

for (int x=0;x<10;x++)

   {

   syslog (LOG_NOTICE, "Program started, count = %d",x);

   syslog (LOG_INFO, "A tree falls in a forest");

   }

closelog ();

return 0;

}