metalog
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metalog
Section: Syslog daemon (8)Updated: 2
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NAME
metalog - an alternative syslog daemon
SYNTAX
DESCRIPTION
Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messages can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files can be automatically rotated when they exceed a certain size or age. External shell scripts (ex: mail) can be launched when specific patterns are found.
Metalog is easier to configure than syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlimited number of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferisation for maximal performance.
OPTIONS
- -a, --async
- Improve performance by using buffers (bug log files won't get updated in real time). Can be overridden for individual logs.
- -B, --daemonize
- have the server start in background (daemonization).
- -c, --consolelevel=0..7
- Set the console log level (Linux only).
- -C, --configfile=file
- Use an alternate configuration file.
- -h, --help
- Output help information and exit.
- -N, --no-kernel
- Do not attempt to log messages from the kernel.
- -P, --pidfile=pidfile
- Use an alternate file to store the process number.
- -s, --sync, --synchronous
- Start in synchronous mode, with no bufferization. Can be overridden for individual logs.
- -v, --verbose
- Run in verbose mode (useful for debugging behavior).
- -V, --version
- Display metalog version information.
SIGNALS
- SIGUSR1
- Enable synchronous mode.
- SIGUSR2
- Disable synchronous mode.
FILES
Note that the exact paths depend on the build settings. These are the standard paths.
/etc/metalog.conf /var/run/metalog.pid /dev/log
AUTHORS
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Laurent Wandrebeck (low) <wandre.l@free.fr> Leo Lipelis <aeoo@gentoo.org> Hendrik Visage <hvisage@users.sourceforge.net> Frank DENIS (Jedi/Sector One) <j@pureftpd.org>
SEE ALSO
metalog.conf(5)
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