Hello; 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: @define server-logdir "/var/log" @define client-logdir "/var/log/CLIENTS/$YEAR/$MONTH_ABBREV/$DAY/$HOST" @define logdir "" source s_local { logdir `server-logdir`; *No! ... ... }; source s_network { logdir `client-logdir`; *No! ... ... }; destination d_local0 { file( "`logdir`/local/local0.log" ); }; 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 Is this. How do I set 'logdir' to either 'server-logdir' or 'client-logdir' in the source definition? Thanks; DiGennaro Frank DiGennaro 301-676-8193 (C) <mailto:frank@digennaro.com> frank@digennaro.com