.TH "metalog" "1" "0.5" "Frank DENIS" "Syslog daemon".SH "NAME".LP metalog \- an alternative syslog daemon.SH "SYNTAX".LP metalog [\fI\-\-daemonize\fP] [\fI\-\-consolelevel=0..7\fP] [\fI\-\-help\fP] [\fI\-\-synchronous\fP].SH "DESCRIPTION".LP Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messagescan be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name and/orPerl\-compatible regular expressions. Log files can be automatically rotatedwhen they exceed a certain size or age. External shell scripts (ex: mail)can be launched when specific patterns are found..br Metalog is easier to configure than syslogd and syslog\-ng, accepts unlimitednumber of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferisation for maximalperformance..SH "OPTIONS".LP .TP \fB\-\-daemonize\fRhave the server start in background (daemonization) ..TP \fB\-\-consolelevel=0..7\fRSet the console log level (Linux only)..TP \fB\-\-help\fROutput help information and exit..TP \fB\-\-synchronous\fRStart in synchronous mode, with no bufferization..SH "FILES".LP \fI/etc/metalog.conf\fP .br \fI/dev/log\fP .SH "AUTHORS".LP Frank DENIS (Jedi/Sector One) <ange@angelic.com>