[syslog-ng] Help understanding syslog-ng open-source code

[emanuel]

Thanks for your reply. Its great to know I can get such competent help.
At first I probably should mention Im only a intermediate programmer so
bear with me.
My aim is to implement my own destination device driver for example to
connect to a database (yes I know there are already a few workarounds
and the premium edition supports this too).
But in the long run I want to be able to modify your program further and
I think this would be a good and not too hard start.

A question I have at the moment would be, I dont get the message flow
from source to destination.
Lets say I dont care about the source and I implement a new destination,
where does the log message from source meet the new destination? As I
gathered the connection is made in the logpipe/center file. Am I wrong
and/or did I miss something. I ask because this is so rarely used in the
code, mainly at the point of definition and then in cfg and cfg-grammer
file.

BTW, comments are usually NOT for the programmer ^^
Emanuel


Balazs Scheidler schrieb:
> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:42 +0100, emanuel wrote:
>   
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> im trying to implement a few features for the open-source version of
>> syslog-ng.
>> I am going to build my own device driver to better fit my needs.
>>
>> My problem with this task is, that the source code lacks proper
>> commenting and you can easily get lost.
>> Now I wanted to know if theres some special forum or source code
>> documentation and
>> if not, is there someone who is able and willing to answer some
>> questions about the syslog-ng code?
>> This would give my work a huge boost.
>>
>> Thanks for your responses in advance,
>>     
>
> Although the source code is not very much commented, it is carefully
> structured, and a great care is taken in identifier naming. Once you get
> used to the rules, the code is quite readable. (of course, as I have
> written it).
>
> Can you tell us a bit about your aims?
>
> Questions are usually asked here, I also try to answer code related
> questions, it all depends on the volume :) and my availability.
>
>