NAME

Log::Dispatch::Log::Syslog::Fast - Log::Dispatch wrapper around Log::Syslog::Fast

VERSION

version 1.02

SYNOPSIS

  use Log::Dispatch;

  my $log = Log::Dispatch->new(
      outputs => [
          [
              'Log::Syslog::Fast',
              min_level => 'info',
              name      => 'Yadda yadda'
          ]
      ]
  );

  $log->emerg("Time to die.");

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a simple object for sending messages to a syslog daemon via UDP, TCP, or UNIX socket.

METHODS

new

The constructor takes the following parameters in addition to the standard parameters documented in Log::Dispatch::Output:

• transport ($)

  The transport mechanism to use: one of 'udp', 'tcp', or 'unix'.

• host ($)

  For UDP and TCP, the hostname or IPv4 or IPv6 address. For UNIX, the socket path. Defaults to 'localhost'.

• port ($)

  The listening port of the syslogd (ignored for unix sockets). See Log::Syslog::Fast. Defaults to 514.

• facility ($)

  The log facility to use. See Log::Syslog::Constants. Defaults to 'user'.

• severity ($)

  The log severity to use. See Log::Syslog::Constants. Defaults to 'info'.

• sender ($)

  The system name to claim as the source of the message. Defaults to the system's hostname.

• name ($)

  The name of the application. Defaults to $0.

AUTHOR

Adam Thomason <athomason@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Adam Thomason.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.