package srslog import ( "errors" "io" "net" ) // unixSyslog opens a connection to the syslog daemon running on the // local machine using a Unix domain socket. This function exists because of // Solaris support as implemented by gccgo. On Solaris you can not // simply open a TCP connection to the syslog daemon. The gccgo // sources have a syslog_solaris.go file that implements unixSyslog to // return a type that satisfies the serverConn interface and simply calls the C // library syslog function. func unixSyslog() (conn serverConn, err error) { logTypes := []string{"unixgram", "unix"} logPaths := []string{"/dev/log", "/var/run/syslog", "/var/run/log"} for _, network := range logTypes { for _, path := range logPaths { conn, err := net.Dial(network, path) if err != nil { continue } else { return &localConn{conn: conn}, nil } } } return nil, errors.New("Unix syslog delivery error") } // localConn adheres to the serverConn interface, allowing us to send syslog // messages to the local syslog daemon over a Unix domain socket. type localConn struct { conn io.WriteCloser } // writeString formats syslog messages using time.Stamp instead of time.RFC3339, // and omits the hostname (because it is expected to be used locally). func (n *localConn) writeString(framer Framer, formatter Formatter, p Priority, hostname, tag, msg string) error { if framer == nil { framer = DefaultFramer } if formatter == nil { formatter = UnixFormatter } _, err := n.conn.Write([]byte(framer(formatter(p, hostname, tag, msg)))) return err } // close the (local) network connection func (n *localConn) close() error { return n.conn.Close() }