[syslog-ng]"Macros"

[Balazs Scheidler]

Hi,

> I am trying to call external programs with syslog-ng and I would like to
> know if there's a complete list of macros (such as $PROGRAM, $HOST) out
> there somewhere. I have a piece of software that I want to trigger on
> certain conditions (host, type of message etc), and I would like to be able
> to pass these values as arguments in the program("...")-statement.

macros are available in file destinations only. your program can parse the
log message it receives on its stdin.

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