Hi! Perhaps I misunderstood it, or got a bit crossed up, because I dig into syslog-ng-Configs since weeks, but I am unsure about the "flags(final)" statement I have several includes with several log-statements and several sources e.g. (no runnable syntax, only for demonstration-purpose) 0001-A.conf log { source(s_tcp_A); filter(f_filter_A); destination(d_somewhere_A); flags(final); }; 0002-B.conf log { source(s_tcp_A); destination(d_somewhere_BBB); flags(final); }; As I understand it, first of all, its included in "alphabetical order", so in my case first 0001-A.conf, then 0002-B.conf and so on.... But now my "Problem" and question (Yes I would normally do a "if"-Construct to solve that, problem above, but I used that example to understand the flags(final),) If I have a message received by s_tcp_A, filter f_filter_A hits, the rule sends it to d_somewhere_A and do a "Escape" cause of flags(final), does the message still got processes by the include of 0002-B.conf?? Does the flags(final) is only relevant for one "log-rule", or does it ends the whole processing? To be honest, I habe several includes, and a "last" one, which is imported last, with a "hit"-all, in my childish thought, if the flags(final) stopps processing of the message compleetly this hit-all only gets "the junk" where nothing else hists. Why do I do that, and not write it in one file with a large if-elif-else-construct, I do that for the readability since this file would be extremly large. I am thankfull for any help cheers Matthias ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ METZLER Informationstechnologie Matthias Gruber IT-Infrastruktur & -Betrieb B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien Untermainanlage 1 60329 Frankfurt am Main Telefon (0 69) 21 04 - 43 30 Telefax (0 69) 21 04 - 40 40 MGruber@metzler.com www.metzler.com Persönlich haftende Gesellschafter: Harald Illy, Michael Klaus, Friedrich von Metzler, Emmerich Müller, Gerhard Wiesheu Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Christoph Schücking Sitz der Gesellschaft: Frankfurt am Main, Handelsregister-Nr. HRB 27 515 Diese Nachricht ist vertraulich. Sollten Sie nicht der vorgesehene Empfänger sein, so bitten wir Sie höflich, dies unverzüglich dem Absender mitzuteilen und die Nachricht zu löschen. Es ist unzulässig, die Nachricht unbefugt weiterzuleiten oder zu kopieren. Da wir nicht die Echtheit oder Vollständigkeit der in dieser Nachricht enthaltenen Informationen garantieren oder zusichern können, sind die vorstehenden Ausführungen rechtlich nicht bindend. Eine Haftung hierfür wird ausgeschlossen. This message is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, we kindly ask you to inform the sender and delete the information. Any unauthorised dissemination or copying hereof is prohibited. As we cannot guarantee or assure the genuineness or completeness of the information contained in this message, the statements set forth above are not legally binding. Accordingly we cannot accept any liability for their contents.