From 5c6c8ec4ea80d74cc492cc3b5e8a6c704b7f9572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asif Bacchus <asif@asifbacchus.dev>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:49:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [params] Create journal logging switch

Create boolean variable to store journal logging preference.
Set to 'false' by default. Add parameter to activate this preference.
Update help to include this new parameter.
---
 cfddns.sh | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cfddns.sh b/cfddns.sh
index a634291..e09f0b6 100644
--- a/cfddns.sh
+++ b/cfddns.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ scriptHelp() {
     textBlock "Switch value. Output log to console (stdout) instead of a log file. Can be combined with --nc if desired."
     textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
     newline
+    textBlockSwitches "--log-journal"
+    textBlock "Switch value. Output a structured log entry to your journaling system instead of a log file. Implies --nc."
+    textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
+    newline
     textBlockSwitches "--no-log"
     textBlock "Switch value. Do not create a log (i.e. no console, no file). You will not have *any* output from the script if you choose this option, so you will not know if updates succeeded or failed."
     textBlockDefaults "(disabled: output to log file)"
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ writeLog() {
 scriptPath="$(CDPATH='' \cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)"
 scriptName="$(basename "$0")"
 logFile="$scriptPath/${scriptName%.*}.log"
+logToJournal=0
 accountFile="$scriptPath/cloudflare.credentials"
 colourizeLogFile=1
 dnsRecords=""
@@ -292,6 +297,10 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         # log to the console instead of a file
         logFile="/dev/stdout"
         ;;
+    --log-journal)
+        # log to the journal system instead of a file
+        logToJournal=1
+        ;;
     --no-log)
         # do not log anything
         logFile="/dev/null"