On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Nathan Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd be more than happy to stick it in the tools section. I'll try to > get it using the max line length directive as well as the configure > system to build it. > > The other feature I added to the tool was coalescing multi line log > events. I realize that rsyslog has this capability as well but it > didn't seem to cover all input modules, as I recall. Happy to add > other features if anyone needs them. > > excellent! > As far as the name is concerned I could see `rsyslogger` or > `rlogger` for brevity. Opinions? > rlogger - builds on "logger" and ... I don't like the "syslog" word any longer ;) In the longer term, it could actually build against liblogging-stdlog, which would enable it to support multiple log targets (including native journal if somebody really wants to ;)). Rainer > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Thomas D. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > > Question to all: would it make sense to add this as a tool to rsyslog? > > > > I would definitely say that if rsyslog would contain a logger (call it > > "rsyslogger" for example) which supports rsyslog's advanced features > > (e.g. no 1024 limit) that this would be very useful, at least for new > > users. > > > > It is always a burden if you need something else before you can make > > usage of your new tool. > > > > But as David said, it is not that difficult to create your own logger in > > Perl, Ruby, Python... ;) > > > > Maybe there are other features which could be included, too. > > > > > > PS: If you decide to include something like that, please add a feature > > switch to the configure script. And it would be great if the limit would > > be the same for rsyslog and the logger application, so if you need to > > increase it, that you only need to patch one file.. > > > > > > -Thomas > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > > DON'T LIKE THAT. > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
