SyslogOutputter

A SyslogOutputter transforms a Log4r::LogEvent into a call to syslog(). Since syslog has its own formatting system, log4r formatters are ignored.

Usage

To use,

  <tt>require 'log4r/outputter/syslogoutputter'</tt>

An example,

  require 'log4r'
  require 'log4r/outputter/syslogoutputter'

  syslog = Log4r::SyslogOutputter.new("name", 'logopt'=>#, 'facility'=>#)
  syslog.err("this is an ERR message")

The output in /var/logs/syslog (Debian) is,

  Sep  3 11:43:06 tiphares sys[1603]: this is an ERR message

The hash arguments logoptions and facility are passed to Syslog.open. The defaults are LOG_PID | LOG_CONS and LOG_USER respectively.

This is a first try implementation. It works well. Please report any bugs and fixes.

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