[syslog-ng] Named Log Entries in the Config File

[Kenneth Kassing]

Sandor Geller wrote:
> Kenneth Kassing wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>I am writing a program to make updates tho the syslog-ng configuration 
>>file.  To allow for easily adding and removing log entries, I updated 
>>the parser gramer to allow a name field in the log entry.  The name is 
>>optional, so old log files will still work.  This name is not used by 
>>syslog-ng in any way.
>>
>>
>>Example: Both log entries below are valid with my grammar update.
>>
>>log {
>>         source(s_all);
>>         filter(f_syslog);
>>         destination(df_syslog);
>>};
>>
>>log l_syslog {
>>         source(s_all);
>>         filter(f_syslog);
>>         destination(df_syslog);
>>};
> 
> 
> You could use another approach (without patching syslog-ng), using only
> comments:
> 
> #<BEGIN l_syslog>
> ...
> #<END l_syslog>
> 
> I used a similar approach for adding/removing sources, destinations and
> filters. My update tool was sed :))
> 

That is an approach I had not thought of.  However, I like the name 
field in the log option as it remains parallel with the existing config 
log.  This could conceivably be adopted and used by syslog-ng itself in 
the future.

Additionally, I am using a grammar parser written in python to read in 
the config file.  Currently it is configured to ignore all the comments. 
  Adding a special comment to the grammar would significantly complicate 
the logic I am using.

Thanks
-Ken