Is there a way to set variables in syslog-ng? I have a log path with about 20 if/else branches and each one does a unnamed destination for that branch: log { source(pan_splunk); if ( tags('mytag') ) { destination { file("/var/log/remote/backup/$HOST/asa/${HOST}_asa.log" create-dirs(yes) dir-owner("splunk") dir-group("splunk") dir-perm(0750)); }; } elif ( message('something else') ) { destination { file("/var/log/remote/backup/$HOST/pubfw/${HOST}_pubfw.log" create-dirs(yes) dir-owner("splunk") dir-group("splunk") dir-perm(0750)); }; } elif { filter { message('foo') or message('bar') or message('baz') or ... I'd need to introduce another directory level as a variable and I'd also like to change an existing part of the path to a variable so that then I could then do something like this: if ( tags('mytag') ) { app = asa location = msfc elif ... and at the end I could then just do a single destination that had a file path with the variables file("/var/log/remote/backup/$location/$HOST/$app/${HOST}_$app.log" Thanks, -Mark