[syslog-ng] Log to syslog file, filter from fifo

Lay, James james.lay at wincofoods.com
Thu Dec 1 15:20:19 CET 2011


> Sorry for the late reply, I hope its still relevant:
> 
> "Lay, James" <james.lay at wincofoods.com> writes:
> 
> > Topic says it.  I think I have a pretty simple layout:
> [...]
> > log {
> >         source(s_local);
> >         filter(f_firewall);
> >         destination(d_file);
> >         destination(fifo);
> > };
> >
> > Can I change this to:
> >
> > log {
> >         source(s_local);
> >         destination(d_file);
> >         filter(f_firewall);
> >         destination(fifo);
> > };
> >
> > ?  Will this log to file, then filter, then go to fifo?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, yes, that is exactly what will happen.


I can confirm that is exactly how it works...thanks for the response and
great app!

James


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