From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 20 04:58:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49140106566B for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:58:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050818FC1B for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:58:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [212.54.34.135] (port=58745 helo=smtp4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Krmq9-0001ho-KG; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:58:01 +0200 Received: from cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl ([84.25.65.88] helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp4.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Krmpz-0002NI-D6; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:57:51 +0200 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F72B39841; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:57:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48FC0FCC.3030906@boosten.org> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:57:48 +0200 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fquest References: <48FBF92B.5010103@ccstores.com> In-Reply-To: <48FBF92B.5010103@ccstores.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1Krmpz-0002NI-D6 X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.6, required 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60, SPF_PASS -0.00) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: syslogd logging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:58:04 -0000 fquest wrote: > Is there a way to re-configure how syslogd presents the date > in the syslog files? > > Presently, the date is usually MMM DD > > I would prefer YYYYMMDD > > however I cannot find anywhere where this is possible. > It isn't. Consider syslog-ng from the ports. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org