From 32669f8bacc777fa697a04ac5d72c1070cd84ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ying-Chieh Liao Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:02:33 +0000 Subject: add metalog 0.7b Modern syslogd replacement with PCRE support --- sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr (limited to 'sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr') diff --git a/sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr b/sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ad6a9faaf38a --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/metalog/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messages can +be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name and/or +Perl-compatible regular expressions. + +Log files can be automatically rotated when they exceed a certain size or age. +External shell scripts (ex: mail) can be launched when specific patterns are +found. + +Metalog is easier to configure than syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlimited +number of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferisation for maximal +performance. + +WWW: http://metalog.sourceforge.net/ -- cgit v1.2.3