syslog opinion

[Chris Simmonds]

Hi,

Why not use busybox syslogd, which has precisely this feature. Busybox
is at www.busybox.net. Get the latest stable version, 0.60.5, edit the
Config.h file and make sure you enable BB_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG. Start
syslogd with the -C switch and all messages are held in a circular
buffer. Its only 16KB by default, but you can patch the code to make it
bigger if necessary. You read the log using the command logread. I use
it a lot in my embedded projects.

Hope this helps,
Chris Simmonds

Richard Williams wrote:

>We are using busybox syslog. It is quite slow compared with writing to a
>file although so far it is coping. Syslog remote logging uses UDP and I have
>found it to be useless as many messages are lost. We log to a local file on
>our embedded ramdisk and then telnet in and cat or tail to look at it. You
>still need a way to limit the log file size. I have thought about writing a
>driver that implements a circular buffer to send syslog output to but for
>now I just delete the file if it gets too big.
>
>Richard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd [mailto:to_dd at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 20 August 2003 3:25 a.m.
>To: linux
>Subject: syslog opinion
>
>
>
>I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on using the
>syslog function to log events in an embedded system.
>What the pros and cons might be between using syslog
>(with its large feature set) vs. writing a simple
>logging utility.  I'm not giving too many deatils
>about what I'm trying to accomplish, since I'd rather
>hear about other people's experiences have been.
>
>
>
>


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