NAME

FILE input module —

syslogd(8) input module for reading files and pipes

SYNOPSIS

file [-f path] [-p path] [-n program]

Reads the log messages from a file/pipe writen by another program for processing by the syslogd(8) daemon. It's options are:

The following command installs syslogd(8) daemon reading from file /some/path:

syslogd -i 'file -f /some/path'

Same as above, but sets the name to 'myapp':

syslogd -i 'file -n myapp -f /some/path'

Same as above, but on /some/named/pipe pipe instead of the file:

syslogd -i 'file -n myapp -p /some/named/pipe'

Submit bugs at this project's Sourceforge Bug reporting system at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=25741&atid=385117 You may also report them directly to the authors; send an email to core.devel.alat@corest.com, describing the problem the most you can, containing also machine description, hardware description, the configuration file (/usr/local/etc/syslog.conf), the OS description, and the invoking command line. The more you describe the bug, the faster we can fix it.