Subject: Re: [htdig] Tabs in syslog()...
From: Gilles Detillieux (grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 13:08:07 PDT
According to christopher.murtagh@wcg.mcgill.ca:
> I decided that I wanted htdig to output tab delimited logs and save me
> a step down the road. I found the code no problem in
> Display.cc (Display::logSearch), and inserted \t and set up the variables
> as I would normally in a printf statement.
>
> After compilation, everything seemed ok, but instead of tabs, I get '^|'
> in the logs. I tried the octal (\011) equiv as well, but got the same
> thing.
>
> Is this syslog() that is doing this? Any way around it?
I don't see what else it could be, as the string is passed directly to the
syslog() function. My advice would be not to fight it, but instead use a
little sed/awk/perl script to post-process the syslog output into the format
you want.
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to htdig-unsubscribe@htdig.org You will receive a message to confirm this. List archives: <http://www.htdig.org/mail/menu.html> FAQ: <http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html>
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