declare -F msgutil_r &>/dev/null  || function msgutil_r {
   local logserver=$1
   local msgtype=$2
   local msgstr=$3
   local logfile=$4

   if [ -z "$msgtype"  ]; then
      msgtype="debug"
   fi

   logger -n $logserver -t xcat -p local4.$msgtype "$msgstr"

   if [ -n "$logfile"  ]; then
      local logdir="$(dirname $logfile)"
      if [ ! -d "$logdir" ]; then
         mkdir -p "$logdir"
         touch "$logfile"
      fi

      #   echo "$msgstr" | tee -a $logfile
      #else
      echo "$msgstr" >> $logfile
   fi

}

declare -F msgutil &>/dev/null  || function msgutil {
    msgutil_r "localhost" "$@"
}