From 3779b158475c9659351feaa40a0fa002b6205b47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andreas H." <andi@blafasl.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:48:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make logging work on systems without systemd, like alpine

---
 pi-usb-automount | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 pi-usb-automount

diff --git a/pi-usb-automount b/pi-usb-automount
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7294689..3080a1f
--- a/pi-usb-automount
+++ b/pi-usb-automount
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #$1 = <dev>
 
+# detect how to log messages
+if [ $(which systemd-cat) ]
+then
+    LOGGER=systemd-cat
+else
+    LOGGER=logger
+fi
+
 # Default options to use for mounting
 AUTOMOUNT_OPTS='users'
 # Default type to use for mounting
@@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ mediadir=/media
 }
 
 log() {
-    echo "$*" | systemd-cat -p ${loglevel:-info} -t "pi-usb-automount"
+    echo "$*" | $LOGGER -p ${loglevel:-info} -t "pi-usb-automount"
 }
 
 acquire_lock() {