On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 02:28:37PM +0200, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Jonny Törnbom <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > We are in the progress of upgrading from rsyslog 5.8.11 to 7.4.4 and > > previously we used a string generator module to output the format we > > wanted. > > > > To simplify, what we want is a way of specifying a text field to always > > be, for instance, 15 chars wide in output, no matter if severity-text > > contains only 5 chars. This is basically so that the output is aligned > > nicely. > > > > I would like to be able to do this with a template only: > > > > 2013-01-01T11:11:11.123456+00:00 hostname NOTICE app[pid]: message > > 2013-01-01T11:11:11.123456+00:00 hostname ERR app[pid]: message > > > > Do you think this is possible? > > > > > yes, but TBH far from being at the top spot of the todo list - lots of more > frequently requested things. If it's urgent or there is a biz case behind > it, consider using our professional services to implement it. As of first > thought, doesn't sound like a big thing to do. > > Rainer >
I could probably spend some time on it. I'm guessing just adding a property option like position.ToPad would do, perhaps a better name but something along that line perhaps? / Jonny _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
