Oracle DBMS_LOG 
Version 26ai

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Purpose Undocumented but appears to be an attempt to move the four named PL/SQL objects out of DBMS_SYSTEM.
AUTHID DEFINER
Dependencies
DBMS_DBFS_CONTENT DBMS_SYSTEM  
Documented No
First Available 12.1
Security Model Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to the DBFS_ROLE role.
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/prvtlog.plb
Subprograms
 
KSDDDT
Prints the date stamp to the target file (alert log and/or trace file) dbms_log.ksdddt;
exec dbms_log.ksdddt;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
KSDFLS
Flushes any pending output to the target alert log or trace file dbms_log.ksdfls;
exec dbms_log.ksdfls;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
KSDIND
Indents before the next write (ksdwrt) by printing that many colons (:) before the next write dbms_log.ksdind(lvl IN BINARY_INTEGER);

Range of valid values from 0 to 30.
exec dbms_log.ksdind(5);

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

exec dbms_log.ksdwrt(3, 'Test Message');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
KSDWRT
Prints a message to the target file (alert log and/or trace file) dbms_log.ksdwrt (dest IN BINARY_INTEGER, tst IN VARCHAR2);

1: Write to the standard trace file
2: Write to the alert log
3: Write to both files at once
exec dbms_system.ksdwrt(3, '-- Start Message --');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

exec dbms_system.ksdwrt(3, 'Test Message');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

exec dbms_system.ksdwrt(dbms_system.alert_file, '-- End Message --');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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