[Omaha.pm] [patch] Sys::Syslog POD - $Sys::Syslog::host

[Jay Hannah]

You can change $Sys::Syslog::host and the package will happily go connect (TCP or UDP) to a remote server. Works great. However, here is no interface to change $Sys::Syslog::host, and the feature isn't documented. 

Instead of changing openlog(), connect(), connect_udp(), connect_tcp(), and documenting all of that; I thought it would just be easier to document changing $Sys::Syslog::host. 

Objections?

j


--- Syslog.pm   2004-03-06 15:30:08.000000000 -0600
+++ new_Syslog.pm       2004-09-15 14:11:19.000000000 -0500
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@
     $! = 55;
     syslog('info', 'problem was %m'); # %m == $! in syslog(3)

+    # Log to UDP port on $remotehost instead of logging locally
+    setlogsock('udp');
+    $Sys::Syslog::host = $remotehost;
+    openlog($program, 'ndelay', 'user');
+    syslog('info', 'something happened over here');
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO

 L<syslog(3)>