[syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)

[Michael Clark]

Timothy,

Technically, it's not a "file" but a named pipe.  That means it doesn't take
up space on the disk.  It's a stream that allows you to connect to and read
information that is being presented on it.  Once you have the
/var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo named pipe created, you can refer to it by name
in the configuration files.  I've never used a named pipe in syslog-ng (I
have in other programs), so I don't know if you use the same command that
you would to reference a file name.  In the Micromuse Syslog Probe, you have
to use a different parameter name to specify a named pipe than you would for
a file.

Check the syslog-ng docs to see what the command would be to specify a named
pipe.  It's possible it's the same command.

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy A. Holmes [mailto:tholmes at mcaschool.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:15 AM
To: holtzl.peter at balabit.hu; Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)

Does that just create the file, which is then used as the destination?

Is that how it works?


Timothy A. Holmes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-
> bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of HÖLTZL Péter
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:35 AM
> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
> Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)
> 
> Hi Timothy,
> 
> Insted of putting mkfifo into the syslog-ng.conf, add the command
> 'mkfifo /var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo' from a command prompt when you are
> root.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Péter
> 
> 
> > Does the name of the named pipe need to be the same as the destination
> line
> > mkfifo splunk;
> 
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