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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I’m somewhat of a newbie when it comes to syslog-ng so forgive me if the question is somewhat basic. I am running syslog-ng 3.25 on both server and clients and would like to set a variable based on the source. This is what I have:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@define server-logdir "/var/log"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@define client-logdir "/var/log/CLIENTS/$YEAR/$MONTH_ABBREV/$DAY/$HOST"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@define logdir ""<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>source s_local { <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> logdir `server-logdir`; *No!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>};<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>source s_network { <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> logdir `client-logdir`; *No!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>};<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>destination d_local0 {<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> file( "`logdir`/local/local0.log" );<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>};<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The goal is to set ‘logdir’ to either ‘server-logdir’ or ‘client-logdir’ and use it in the destination. I know there are probably several ways that this can be accomplished but I think this was will cut down on the number of lines in the configuration. So my question<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this. How do I set ‘logdir’ to either ‘server-logdir’ or ‘client-logdir’ in the source definition?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#1F497D'>DiGennaro</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Frank DiGennaro</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>301-676-8193 (C)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:frank@digennaro.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>frank@digennaro.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>