On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
>
>>
>>  2. Liblognorm is unable to match last part of a string in some cases.
>>> There is no field type which could fit anything till the end of string.
>>> This quirk maybe arise from some ideology, but it makes impossible, for
>>> example, to parse common CSV format, unless last field fits some of
>>> predefined field types by accident. Currently, parsers are defined in
>>> libee, and there is no interface to add one, which presents us with a
>>> choice: extend libee or use own parsers. There can be other useful field
>>> types, as well.
>>>
>>>
>> This came up on the list before. I thought there were some "rest of line"
>> type of syntax, but I had no time checking that. Looks like it isn't. I
>> think it would be a useful thing to have, even though this may lead to
>> some
>> problems during the parser run.
>>
>
>
> as a quick hack, would it bwe possible to get a config option that would
> include the newline at the end of a log message (or add one if it's
> missing) to give you something to match against?
>
>
doens't need a quick hack -- a new syntax is probably half an hour worth of
effort, but.. I have to admit I hope Pavel has some need and time ;)

Rainer

> David Lang
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