Re: [tkined] Syslog ident string

Bill Harris (billh@airmail.net)
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:52:22 -0500

Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
>
> I think this is a reasonable question. The string "scotty" is
> currently hard-wired into the Tnm extension. I have written code to
> make the identification string configurable. You can now write:
>
> syslog -ident foobar warning "oops - take care"
>
> You can also set the default in case you don't want to give the
> identification string every time:
>
> syslog -ident barfoo
> syslog warning "oops - take care"
>
> You can retrieve the current default with:
>
> syslog -ident

Juergen,

That is a perfect! My plans where to have different ident entries
generated from different procedures, to more easily identify trouble
spots. Being able to set the default is great.

Thanks much!

Bill

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