[syslog-ng] Per-destination log_msg_size?

[Evan Rempel]

You could also run a second copy of syslog-ng on the host that has a shorter message.
Use that instance to forward the logs to the other destination.

This avoids you having to writ your own program :-)

On 02/19/2014 02:17 AM, David Schweikert wrote:
> Hi Sandor,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply and a proposed workaround.
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 09:02:23 +0100, Sandor Geller wrote:
>> Truncating log messages? Sorry, but this just doesn't sound right when
>> it comes to syslog-ng itself.
>
> Why does it make sense in a source context but not in a destination
> context?
>
> You could argue that it makes even more sense in a destination context,
> because it allows to deal with legacy systems, whereas syslog-ng doesn't
> need any size limitations.
>
> Cheers
> David
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