[syslog-ng] Question about syntax for source

[Gergely Nagy]

Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> writes:

> The intent has always been to use pipe() for named pipes, and file() for
> everything else.
>
> I'm now thinking about introducing a device() destination/source which
> would be equivalent to file(), but follow_freq() would not be allowed.
>
> What do you think?

I like the idea. It can also give hints to syslog-ng so that it won't
try to use readiness notification systems that don't support devices
(yes, I know 3.3 does some auto-detection, but I don't always trust the
OS to be reasonable :P).

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