> Hello, > > Is there a way that an application can subscribe to the > syslog (man 3 syslog) messages? Meaning... can my app > get the messages in the same way as the /var/log/messages file? > > I am not referring to the kernel message reader/cleaner > "syslog" (man 2 syslog) > > Thanks for any help. Apologize, if this is NOT the > right forum to talk about this. Thanks! I'm a little confused abput the way yu explain what you want to do. If you want to process all (or some) messages, one easy way is to mkfifo /var/log/programslog Configure syslogd to write to the FIFO - see the contents of /etc/syslog.conf Restart syslogd; service syslog restart then open and read the FIFO with your program. You might add a script to /etc/init.d and chkconfig it so as to make your program start on boot like so many others do. The startup script might evem make the FIFO - if so then it must run before syslog's does; otherwise syslog with create a file. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
