Re: [syslog-ng] Setting and using variables

I think you're misunderstanding the template concept. A template is there to tell syslog-ng in what format each message will be written to the destination. I might be misunderstanding, but if you want the same template, different files but only one destination, this could be what you want: template my_template { template("$DATE $HOST $PROGRAM $MESSAGE\n"); }; destination d_file { file( "/var/log/remote/backup/$location/$HOST/$app/${HOST}_$app.log" template(my_template) ); };