Syslog Adapter for Yell - Your Extensible Logging Library

If you are not yet familiar with Yell - Your Extensible Logging Library check out the githup project under https://github.com/rudionrails/yell or jump directly into the Yell wiki at https://github.com/rudionrails/yell/wiki.

The Syslog adapter for Yell works and is tested with ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.x, jruby 1.8 and 1.9 mode, rubinius 1.8 and 1.9 as well as ree.

Installation

System wide:

gem install yell-adapters-syslog

Or in your Gemfile:

gem "yell-adapters-syslog"

Usage

logger = Yell.new :syslog

logger.info "Hello World"
# Check your syslog for the received message.

Or alternatively with the block syntax:

logger = Yell.new do |l|
  l.adapter :syslog
end

logger.info 'Hello World!'

You can pass set options and the facility:

logger = Yell.new do |l|
  l.adapter :syslog, :facility => :user, :options => [:pid, :cons]
end

logger.info 'Hello World!'

Copyright © 2012 Rudolf Schmidt, released under the MIT license