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| <h4 class="subsection">18.2.3 closelog</h4> |
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| <p>The symbols referred to in this section are declared in the file |
| <samp><span class="file">syslog.h</span></samp>. |
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| — Function: void <b>closelog</b> (<var>void</var>)<var><a name="index-closelog-2064"></a></var><br> |
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| <p><code>closelog</code> closes the current Syslog connection, if there is one. |
| This includes closing the <samp><span class="file">dev/log</span></samp> socket, if it is open. |
| <code>closelog</code> also sets the identification string for Syslog messages |
| back to the default, if <code>openlog</code> was called with a non-NULL argument |
| to <var>ident</var>. The default identification string is the program name |
| taken from argv[0]. |
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| <p>If you are writing shared library code that uses <code>openlog</code> to |
| generate custom syslog output, you should use <code>closelog</code> to drop the |
| GNU C library's internal reference to the <var>ident</var> pointer when you are |
| done. Please read the section on <code>openlog</code> for more information: |
| See <a href="openlog.html#openlog">openlog</a>. |
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| <p><code>closelog</code> does not flush any buffers. You do not have to call |
| <code>closelog</code> before re-opening a Syslog connection with <code>initlog</code>. |
| Syslog connections are automatically closed on exec or exit. |
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