From aa446c00e67169e654aee4a1942fd413bf38904e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asif Bacchus <asif@asifbacchus.dev>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:24:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(logger): Update journal logging function

Use new standardized format fields.
---
 logger.sh | 59 +++++++++----------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 8a9ff05..0bca0bd 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -103,62 +103,21 @@ writeJsonLog() {
 
 # $1: message, $2: level, $3: status, $4: operation, $5: code
 writeJournalDLog() {
-  # translate error levels
-  if [ -z "$2" ]; then
-    LOG_LEVEL=1
-  else
-    case "$2" in
-    "emergency" | "emerg")
-      LOG_LEVEL=7
-      ;;
-    "alert")
-      LOG_LEVEL=6
-      ;;
-    "critical" | "crit")
-      LOG_LEVEL=5
-      ;;
-    "error" | "err")
-      LOG_LEVEL=4
-      ;;
-    "warning" | "warn")
-      LOG_LEVEL=3
-      ;;
-    "notice")
-      LOG_LEVEL=2
-      ;;
-    "info")
-      LOG_LEVEL=1
-      ;;
-    "debug")
-      LOG_LEVEL=0
-      ;;
-    esac
+  # not enough information to generate a meaningful log message
+  if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
+    return
   fi
 
-  # log the message
-  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    logger --journald <<end
-MESSAGE_ID="$(systemd-id128 new)"
+  logger --journald <<end
 SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP="$(getTimeStamp)"
 SYSLOG_FACILITY=3
 SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER="${LOG_PROGRAM_NAME}"
-PRIORITY=4
-ERRNO="${LOG_DEFAULT_CODE}"
-OPERATION="${LOG_DEFAULT_OPERATION}"
-MESSAGE="${LOG_DEFAULT_MESSAGE}"
-STATUS="${LOG_DEFAULT_STATUS}"
-end
-  else
-    logger --journald <<end
-MESSAGE_ID="$(systemd-id128 new)"
-SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP="$(getTimeStamp)"
-SYSLOG_FACILITY=3
-SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER="${LOG_PROGRAM_NAME}"
-PRIORITY="${LOG_LEVEL}"
-ERRNO="${5:-$LOG_DEFAULT_CODE}"
-OPERATION="${4:-$LOG_DEFAULT_OPERATION}"
+SYSLOG_PID="$$"
+PRIORITY="$(translateLogLevelsToJournalD "$2")"
+STATUS="$(uppercase "$3")"
 MESSAGE="$1"
-STATUS="${3:-$LOG_DEFAULT_STATUS}"
+OPERATION="${4:UNSPECIFIED}"
+ERRNO="${5:999}"
 end
   fi