SYNTAX

       metalog   [--async]   [--daemonize]   [--consolelevel=0..7]  [--config-
       file=config file] [--help] [--pidfile=pid file] [--sync]

DESCRIPTION

       Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged  mes-
       sages  can  be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program
       name and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files can be auto-
       matically  rotated  when  they  exceed  a certain size or age. External
       shell scripts (ex: mail) can be launched  when  specific  patterns  are
       found.
       Metalog  is  easier  to  configure  than syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts
       unlimited number of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferisation for
       maximal performance.

OPTIONS

       --async
              Improve  performance  by  using buffers (bug log files won't get
              updated in real time)

       --daemonize
              have the server start in background (daemonization) .

       --consolelevel=0..7
              Set the console log level (Linux only).

       --configfile=config file
              Use an alternate configuration file.

       --help Output help information and exit.

       --pidfile=pid file
              Use an alternate file to store the process number.

       --sync Start in synchronous mode, with no bufferization.

FILES

       /usr/local/etc/metalog.conf
       /var/run/metalog.pid
       /dev/log

AUTHORS

       Laurent Wandrebeck (low) <wandre.l@free.fr>
       Leo Lipelis <aeoo@gentoo.org>
       Hendrik Visage <hvisage@users.sourceforge.net>
       Frank DENIS (Jedi/Sector One) <j@pureftpd.org>

SEE ALSO

       metalog.conf(5)