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+#ifndef foodaemonloghfoo
+#define foodaemonloghfoo
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of libdaemon.
+ *
+ * libdaemon is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * libdaemon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with libdaemon; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ */
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+
+/** \file
+ *
+ * Contains a robust API for logging messages
+ */
+
+
+/** Specifies where to send the log messages to
+ */
+enum daemon_log_flags {
+    DAEMON_LOG_SYSLOG = 1,   /**< Log messages are written to syslog */
+    DAEMON_LOG_STDERR = 2,   /**< Log messages are written to STDERR */
+    DAEMON_LOG_STDOUT = 4,   /**< Log messages are written to STDOUT */
+    DAEMON_LOG_AUTO = 8      /**< If this is set a daemon_fork() will
+                                  change this to DAEMON_LOG_SYSLOG in
+                                  the daemon process. */
+};
+
+/** This variable is used to specify the log target(s) to use. Defaults to DAEMON_LOG_STDERR|DAEMON_LOG_AUTO */
+extern enum daemon_log_flags daemon_log_use;
+
+/** Specifies the syslog identification, use daemon_ident_from_argv0()
+ * to set this to a sensible value or generate your own. */
+extern char* daemon_log_ident;
+
+/** Log a message using printf format strings using the specified syslog priority
+ * @param prio The syslog priority (PRIO_xxx constants)
+ * @param t,... The text message to log
+ */
+void daemon_log(int prio, const char* t, ...);
+
+/** Return a sensible syslog identification for daemon_log_ident
+ * generated from argv[0]. This will return a pointer to the file name
+ * of argv[0], i.e. strrchr(argv[0], '\')+1
+ * @param argv0 argv[0] as passed to main()
+ * @return The identification string
+ */
+char *daemon_ident_from_argv0(char *argv0);
+
+#endif