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Old 07-25-2005, 01:52 PM   #1
whysyn
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msyslog hack - stop the "last message repeated" insanity???


Hello everybody!

I'm working on a custom real-time log parser for a few of my systems (written in Perl). Basically, it tails a log file, ignores some messages, inserts others into a database on a remote host, and performs custom actions based on other messages.

The "last message repeated x times" messages are really messing with my ability to parse messages.

I'm using msyslog on the systems. Does anybody know of a way to disable this behavior? Whether it's some hidden config switch or a source code patch, or anything - I'm willing to try it.

Thank you,
Eric
 
Old 04-26-2006, 10:34 AM   #2
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Patch

This looks like a very easy thing to change... looking at the source for 1.08g, I think it's a one-liner. Not tested, though!

Look around line 825:
/*
* suppress duplicate lines to this file
*/
>> if ((flags & MARK) == 0 && msglen == f->f_prevlen &&
!strcmp(msg, f->f_prevline) &&
!strcmp(from, f->f_prevhost)) {

Change that line to if (0 && (flags & MARK) == 0 {etc}. and you ought to be good to go.

The danger, of course, is that if something malfunctions, logging thousands of lines of the same thing, you might fill up your log filesystem, which can be tricky to recover from, depending. But... your call.

Good luck!
 
  


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