This sounds useful, at least for some use cases. However, this most probably requires considerable changes to the config engine. And as this engine is scheduled to be replaced, I don't like to touch it too much.
However, there may be one solution. We could declare something like "if the file name is defined as a template name, then make it a dynafile based on that template". Then, you would need to define templates e.g $template /var/log/messages,"/var/log/messages_%$NoW%" And those would automatically be converted. That seems to require relatively few changes. Would that help? Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of martin f krafft > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: rsyslog-users; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Appending a timestamp to all log files > > also sprach [email protected] <[email protected]> [2011.02.01.1957 +0100]: > > rsyslog already has the include directive to include files (or all > > files in a directory) > > > > does this work for you? if not, what does it lack? > > Hello David, > > thanks for your time in writing back. Unfortunately, I think I was > unclear about what I am trying to do. > > I am aware of the include directive. It has nothing to do with my > goals. > > I am trying to tell rsyslog: "hey, all files that you write, append the > following suffix to their names!", or "hey, all files that you write, > run their names through this filter and use the output as actual > filename!". > > I want this because it's a cleaner way to replace all hard-coded > filenames with templated filenames, than to change every instance of a > hard-coded filename. > > Am I making myself clearer now? > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck > > logik ist analsadismus: gedanken werden gewaltsam durch einen engen > gang gepreßt. > -- frei nach lacan > > spamtraps: [email protected] _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
