Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 12.09.2013 16:10 schrieb "Jonny Törnbom" <[email protected]>: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:44:49PM +0200, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > Sent from phone, thus brief. > > Am 12.09.2013 15:17 schrieb "Jonny Törnbom" <[email protected]>: > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > Cool! How about just "width"? Or "minsize"? - what raises the question what > > shall happen if the property is larger. .. > > I'd suggest "fixedwidth" in that case and truncate if larger. Just like > fromChar:toChar except that in the case that the string is < toChar we > pad it with spaces up to toChar? > > Makes sense? :)
Sounds good to me. Anyone else? Rainer > > / 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
