Re: log to multilog instead of file

> I have program X. X writes to syslogd, but is also able to log to a
> file with the -l option. X runs supervised and I want X to log
> through multilog.
> 
> I now resolved this using a named pipe (daemontools-0.70):

 It should be okay.
 (You might want to use daemontools-0.76 instead, to be able to
rotate your logs at will with SIGALRM, for instance.)


> But I'm afraid this is a rather dirty solution. Is there a solution that
> is more elegant than this one?

 If your system provides /dev/stderr, /dev/fd/2, or such a device, you
could use the -l option to log to that "file". This will use X's
standard error, which you can then redirect to multilog's input.

-- 
 Ska