On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Ryan McCain wrote:

I'm starting to understand the syntax. However, what part of this statement tells syslog-ng to create a file for each host its receiving logs from?

destination hosts { file("/var/syslog/HOSTS/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$HOST-$FACILITY-$YEAR$MONTH$DAY" owner(bob) group(llamafood) perm(0755) dir_perm(0755) create_dirs(yes));

If the file doesn't exist, it will be created. If the directory doesn't exist, you need the create_dirs directive. - billn