Subject: Re: question about NetBSD syslog
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov@tut.by>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/23/2007 22:31:40
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I want syslog has the following logic.
>>
>> func (facility, level){
>> if (facility = <F>) {
>> log_to (<FILE>)
>> return <---------------- see here
>> }
>> ...
>> }
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> I don't see any feature like that.
> Maybe you can add a syslogd.c switch and add a check for your
> feature in the
I think I can but I'm sure that this code
will not be commited to NetBSD cvs :)
syslogd is one of the kernel part of NetBSD ;)
> Or maybe we can help you with your syslog.conf configuration? Is something
> not working how you want it? (If so share an example.)
No, thanks.
I just have some thought.
Currently syslogd works like this
func do_syslog (line)
{
if (match1(line)){
action1(line)
}
if (match2(line)){
action2(line)
}
...
}
I think the following scheme
func do_syslog (line)
{
if (match1(line)){
action1(line)
}elif if (match2(line)){
action2(line)
}elif ...
...
}
scheme is a reasonable alternative.
Finally it whould be great to treat syslong.conf like this.
func do_syslog (line){
if (match1 (line)){
action1 (line)
[ return ]
}
if (match2 (line)){
action2 (line)
[ return ]
}
...
}
Square breakets mean an optional part.
P.S.
I don't think installing another syslog implementation from pkgsrc
is good idea. So...
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Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.