As for 2, the answer is no. If you want persistency, use files (and even then there's still the possibility of data loss). The data "waiting" in a pipe is stored in memory - that's why pipes are faster than files.

As for 3., check your manual of syslog.conf. If it's possible on RH 9, it'll be in the manual. (This is no longer a Perl issue).

But I'm a bit surprised you're suffering from data loss. Sure, if a box crashes, last minute reports could be lost (even before syslogd gets the chance to figure out where it goes), but under normal conditions, this should be rare, as reading from a pipe should be pretty fast. You are continuously reading from the pipe, aren't you?

Abigail

In reply to Re: insert syslog log entries into MySQL? by Abigail-II
in thread insert syslog log entries into MySQL? by hmerrill

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