[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng and External variables

[Evan Rempel]

It is done only once when the configuration file is evaluated.
I think it is obvious that the rewrite is done every time :-)

On 08/29/2016 09:16 AM, Robert Blayzor wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2016, at 11:38 AM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
>> @module confgen context(rewrite) name(r_myself) exec("/bin/hostname")
>
> I guess the only remaining question on this is a performance one.
>
> Would the exec be done for each and every log message or is it done only once?
>
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Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
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