[syslog-ng] Escape slashes etc in macro variables ($PROGRAM)

[Fekete Robert]

Hi,

just a quick workaround idea:
use a rewrite rule on the $PROGRAM field to change the slash to a different 
character, for example, a hyphen (-).
See the docs for details: 
http://www.balabit.com/sites/default/files/documents/syslog-ng-ose-3.3-guides/syslog-ng-ose-v3.3-guide-admin-en.html/modifying-messages.html

HTH,

Robert

On 01/02/2012 12:36 PM, Göran Sandahl wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Is there a option for escaping macro variables such as $PROGRAM? I've seen a
> couple of discussions about this on the list but they never seem to come to a
> conclusion.
>
> Case in point:
>
> I'm creating an output file macro like this:
>
>          file("/var/log/$SOURCEIP.$PROGRAM.log"
>
> ... and Syslog-ng failes to write the file whenever $PROGRAM looks similar to
> "postfix/quemgr" since its then trying to "create" the directory postfix due to
> the slash. Of course, thats not what I want.
>
> Can this be circumvented somehow?
>
> Cheers!
> Goran
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