[syslog-ng] Patch for following logfiles

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 17:15 -0600, Charles G Waldman wrote:
> Sirs:
> 
>     Several months ago I submitted the following patch to syslog-ng, which
> makes the "file" source work even if the file is not present when syslog-ng
> starts up.  (Consider the scenario where syslog-ng starts up before some
> other service which logs to a file, and that file has not yet been created
> yet.)   This patch causes syslog-ng to treat the transition from "nonexistent"
> to "existent" the same as if the file were moved/renamed.
> 
>     We are using the patched version of syslog-ng in our project and find this
> modification helpful.  It is a very non-intrusive change, and I cannot see any
> negative side-effects.  I would like to know if there is any chance for this
> patch to be incorporated into the official distribution.  Thanks for your
> consideration.

The patch is fine, could you please fax us a signed copy of the
contributory license agreement on our webpage?

Here's our contribution page that describes how to submit patches.

http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/contribution/

Thanks.

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Bazsi