Syslog facility

[greg]

Hi All,

I am having trouble with pointing the syslog messages to a particular
facility. Is this the right way to point it at facility local1:

Syslog.open('name_of_prog', facility = Syslog::LOG_LOCAL1)
Syslog.log(Syslog::LOG_NOTICE, "message_goes_here")
Syslog.close

I would really appreciate your help!

Thanks,
Greg

 

[Will Parsons]

Hi All,

I am having trouble with pointing the syslog messages to a particular
facility. Is this the right way to point it at facility local1:

Syslog.open('name_of_prog', facility = Syslog::LOG_LOCAL1)
Syslog.log(Syslog::LOG_NOTICE, "message_goes_here")
Syslog.close

I would really appreciate your help!

The way I do it is:
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require 'syslog'
....
$log = Syslog.open('progname', Syslog::LOG_PID, Syslog::LOG_LOCAL1)
....
$log.info("messsage")

 

[greg]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks!

I closed the log with `Syslog::close'. Is this the way you do it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Will Parsons]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks!

I closed the log with `Syslog::close'. Is this the way you do it?

Thanks in advance!

I don't bother. I generally use syslog with programs that run indefinitely
and want the logging to continue until the system is rebooted or the
process is terminated on purpose.

 

[Craig Beck]

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require 'syslog'
...
$log = Syslog.open('progname', Syslog::LOG_PID, Syslog::LOG_LOCAL1)
...
$log.info("messsage")
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Does anyone know if this works on OS X? Where would I look for the
output?