> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Schurter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: donderdag 15 februari 2007 16:35 > To: Gert Driesen > Cc: 'mono-list' > Subject: RE: [Mono-list] Nothing happens with mono-service and > EventLog.WriteEntry > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 22:06 +0100, Gert Driesen wrote: > ...snip... > > What part is clumsy about it ? I started working on an MWF gui for > the > > eventlog which basically is a light-weight version of the windows > > EventViewer. > > I guess I expected a syslog-like backend. I find the EventLog in > Windows a lot less useful and harder to read than syslog in general, so > for me have a 100% accurate implementation is a bad thing. > > However, I discovered this little snippet of code should keep Windows > happy as well as give me the syslog support I love: > > private void SmartLog (string message) > { > int p = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform; > if ((p == 4) || (p == 128)) { > // UNIX - Use Syslog > Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.syslog ( > Mono.Unix.Native.SyslogLevel.LOG_INFO, > message); > } else { > // Windows - Use EventLog > EventLog.WriteEntry (message); > } > } > } > > Obviously not the most "robust" solution, but its a quick and easy hack > to make everyone happy! ;)
I'll checkout the Mono.Unix API for Syslog and perhaps add support for using it as a backend for event log. Gert _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
