Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:49:58 +1000 From: Peter.Weber@ipaustralia.gov.au To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: A question regarding Syslog Message-ID: <4A2568FE.00150E92.00@noteshub01.aipo.gov.au>
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When the syslog.conf file specifies that a message be written to a log file
and that log file does not exist it appears the message is simply lost.
A solution could be to write code into the program (mine that is, not
syslog) to check for the log files existence. The problem here is that if
someone decided to move the location of the log file in syslog.conf then the
program would need to be recompiled, provided of course they knew the program
required recompiling.
Another solution could be to search the syslog.conf file for the
appropriate selector and then read the log file path so that its existence can
be checked. This seems a bit messy and a large overhead to include in the
program.
Has anyone experienced this problem before and or have a solution?
Regards,
Peter Weber
peter.weber@ipaustralia.gov.au
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