svlogd features

[David Collier]

In article <201101210112.38039.vda.linux at googlemail.com>,
vda.linux at googlemail.com (Denys Vlasenko) wrote:

> *From:* Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
> *To:* busybox at busybox.net, from_busybox_maillist at dexdyne.com
> *Date:* Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:12:38 +0100
> 
> 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

Thank you.

Can I suggest adding a line to the help which says something like:

The size, num, min, timeout and processor features of the config file are
supported.

TVM

David

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