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From: Alexander Kappner <alexander@kappner.info>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:10:28 -0700
Subject: logger: fix incorrect warning message when both --file and a message
are specified
Logger warns that when both --file and a message are given, the message is ignored.
It does the opposite. Fix the warning message to conform to the observed behavior.
Example:
echo "You will not see this file in the log" > file.txt
logger -f file.txt "You will see this message in the log"
Signed-off-by: Alexander Kappner <agk@godking.net>
---
misc-utils/logger.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.c b/misc-utils/logger.c
index a96b005..7101fac 100644
--- a/misc-utils/logger.c
+++ b/misc-utils/logger.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
argc -= optind;
argv += optind;
if (stdout_reopened && argc)
- warnx(_("--file <file> and <message> are mutually exclusive, message is ignored"));
+ warnx(_("--file <file> and <message> are mutually exclusive; file is ignored"));
#ifdef HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD
if (jfd) {
int ret = journald_entry(&ctl, jfd);
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