Mailing List Archive: patch adding option for testing configuration

Hi Klas,

the patch did not make it to the mailing list (the list processor is
very picky to prevent spreading spam and malware). However, from you
description it sounds like the -N option which has recently (3.21.1)
been introduced. Please see

http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-troubleshoot.html

under "configuration problems". I don't know out of my head if the exit
code works in the way you describe, but that should be an easy add. I
suggest you file an enhancement request if in doubt
(http://bugzilla.adiscon.com). I'll be soon away for summer break, so
that needs to wait until after it ;)

Please let me know if -N goes into the right direction.

Thanks,
Rainer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Klas Lindfors
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:37 AM
> To: rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
> Subject: [rsyslog] patch adding option for testing configuration
>
> Hello,
>
> I've attached a patch to this message adding a config option (-T) to
> run
> rsyslog with configuration testing, immediatly exiting with 0 if the
> conf is valid. For us this is an important feature to make sure a
> configuration is valid before starting the daemon.
>
> The style of the patch is probably not acceptable for inclusion, but
it
> does it's job, so maybe a variant of it can be included.
>
> Regards,
>
> Klas Lindfors
> Stockholm University