I've hacked newsyslog(8) to accept a list of log files to process on
the command line (very useful in combination with -F). See attached
patches. I'll commit this in a few days if noone objects.
DES
--
Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Index: newsyslog.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -r1.24 newsyslog.8
--- newsyslog.8 2000/04/04 08:50:01 1.24
+++ newsyslog.8 2000/05/08 18:57:20
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
.Op Fl Fnrv
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Op Fl a Ar directory
+.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Newsyslog
is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by
@@ -355,6 +356,11 @@
option is useful for diagnosing system problems by providing you with
fresh logs that contain only the problems.
.El
+.Pp
+If additional command line arguments are given,
+.Nm
+will only examine log files that match those arguments; otherwise, it
+will examine all files listed in the configuration file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/newsyslog.confxxxx -compact
.It Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf
Index: newsyslog.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.27 newsyslog.c
--- newsyslog.c 2000/04/04 08:50:01 1.27
+++ newsyslog.c 2000/05/08 18:52:47
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN + 1]; /* hostname */
char *daytime; /* timenow in human readable form */
-static struct conf_entry *parse_file();
+static struct conf_entry *parse_file(char **files);
static char *sob(char *p);
static char *son(char *p);
static char *missing_field(char *p, char *errline);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
PRS(argc, argv);
if (needroot && getuid() && geteuid())
errx(1, "must have root privs");
- p = q = parse_file();
+ p = q = parse_file(argv + optind);
while (p) {
do_entry(p);
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@
if ((p = strchr(hostname, '.'))) {
*p = '\0';
}
- optind = 1; /* Start options parsing */
while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "nrvFf:a:t:")) != -1)
switch (c) {
case 'n':
@@ -253,11 +252,12 @@
* process
*/
static struct conf_entry *
-parse_file(void)
+parse_file(char **files)
{
FILE *f;
char line[BUFSIZ], *parse, *q;
char *errline, *group;
+ char **p;
struct conf_entry *first = NULL;
struct conf_entry *working = NULL;
struct passwd *pass;
@@ -274,6 +274,21 @@
if ((line[0] == '\n') || (line[0] == '#'))
continue;
errline = strdup(line);
+
+ q = parse = missing_field(sob(line), errline);
+ parse = son(line);
+ if (!*parse)
+ errx(1, "malformed line (missing fields):\n%s", errline);
+ *parse = '\0';
+
+ if (*files) {
+ for (p = files; *p; ++p)
+ if (strcmp(*p, q) == 0)
+ break;
+ if (!*p)
+ continue;
+ }
+
if (!first) {
working = (struct conf_entry *) malloc(sizeof(struct
conf_entry));
first = working;
@@ -281,12 +296,6 @@
working->next = (struct conf_entry *) malloc(sizeof(struct
conf_entry));
working = working->next;
}
-
- q = parse = missing_field(sob(line), errline);
- parse = son(line);
- if (!*parse)
- errx(1, "malformed line (missing fields):\n%s", errline);
- *parse = '\0';
working->log = strdup(q);
q = parse = missing_field(sob(++parse), errline);
