It means that you want to define your own logfile format. To do this you use the template function. $MESSAGE is a MACRO that is defined inside syslog-ng and returns only the message portion of the log entry which is what you said you were looking for. -----Original Message----- From: alexch [mailto:alexch@gc.lviv.ua] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:22 AM To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]How can I get logs without date,time hostname and facility ? What does it mean ???? template("$MESSAGE\n"); Alexander Chernyh Network Administrator The Publishing House "Galitsky Kontrakty" http://www.gc.lviv.ua E-mail: alexch@gc.lviv.ua CHA-UANIC: http://uanic.com.ua ICQ 108387628 _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html