svlogd features

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Thursday 20 January 2011 14:43, David Collier wrote:
> I've installed busybox svlogd
> 
> Can I ask which features of the config file it supports, if any?
> 
> #ssize                                                                  #
> sets the maximum file size of current when svlogd should rotate 
> #    the current log file to size bytes.                        
> #    Default is 1000000. If size is zero, svlogd doesn't rotate log 
> #    files. You should set size to at least (2 * len).           
> #nnum                                                                   #
> sets the number of old log files svlogd should maintain to num.
> #    If svlogd sees more that num old log files in log after log file 
> #    rotation, it deletes the oldest one.                      
> #    Default is 10. If num is zero, svlogd doesn't remove old log files.
> #Nmin                                                                   #
> sets the minimum number of old log files svlogd should maintain #     to
> min.
> #     min must be less than num.                        
> #     If min is set, and svlogd cannot write to current because the 
> #       filesystem is full,
> #                    and it sees more than min old log files,  
> #                           it deletes the oldest one.       
> #ttimeout                                                               #
> sets the maximum age of the current log file when svlogd should 
> #      rotate the current log file to timeout seconds.            
> #    If current is timeout seconds old, and is not empty, svlogd 
> #      forces log file rotation.                                      
> #!processor                                                             #
> tells svlogd to feed each recent log file through processor 
> #     (see above) on log file rotation.                              
> #    By default log files are not processed.                       
> #ua.b.c.d[:port]                                                        
> #    tells svlogd to transmit the first len characters of selected log
> #     messages to the IP address a.b.c.d, port number port.    
> #    If port isn't set, the default port for syslog is used (514).
> #    len can be set through the -l option, see below.                
> #    If svlogd has trouble sending udp packets, 
> #     it writes error messages to the log directory.
> #    Attention: logging through udp is unreliable, 
> #     and should be used in private networks only.
> #Ua.b.c.d[:port]
> #    is the same as the u line above, but the log messages are no 
> #     longer written to the log directory,                          
> #     but transmitted through udp only.                       
> #    Error messages from svlogd concerning sending udp packages still 
> #     go to the log directory.

Yes except sending over network

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vda