added $HHOUR and $QHOUR system properties - can be used for half- and

    quarter-hour logfile rotation

3 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d9931505..84021a62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Version 2.0.4 STABLE (rgerhards), 2008-03-??
 - bugfix: internally generated messages had "FROMHOST" property not set
 - bugfix: continue parsing if tag is oversize (discard oversize part) - thanks
   to mclaughlin77@gmail.com for the patch
+- added $HHOUR and $QHOUR system properties - can be used for half- and
+  quarter-hour logfile rotation
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 2.0.3 STABLE (rgerhards), 2008-03-12
 - bugfix: setting for $EscapeCopntrolCharactersOnReceive was not 
diff --git a/doc/property_replacer.html b/doc/property_replacer.html
index 4b98774b..8b777a73 100644
--- a/doc/property_replacer.html
+++ b/doc/property_replacer.html
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ only seconds)</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>$DAY</b></td><td>The current day of the month (2-digit)</td></tr>
 <tr><td><b>$HOUR</b></td><td>The current hour in military (24 hour) time 
 	(2-digit)</td></tr>
+<tr>
+<td><b>$HHOUR</b></td>
+<td>The current half hour we are in. From minute 0 to 29,
+this is always 0 while
+from 30 to 59 it is always 1.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><b>$QHOUR</b></td>
+<td>The current quarter hour we are in. Much like $HHOUR, but values
+range from 0 to 3 (for the four quater hours that are in each hour)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <tr><td><b>$MINUTE</b></td><td>The current minute (2-digit)</td></tr>
 </table>
 <p>Properties starting with a $-sign are so-called system properties. These do 
diff --git a/msg.c b/msg.c
index 5b211b8a..16180e56 100644
--- a/msg.c
+++ b/msg.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ char *textpri(char *pRes, size_t pResLen, int pri)
  * can not allocate memory, it returns a NULL pointer.
  * Added 2007-07-10 rgerhards
  */
-typedef enum ENOWType { NOW_NOW, NOW_YEAR, NOW_MONTH, NOW_DAY, NOW_HOUR, NOW_MINUTE } eNOWType;
+typedef enum ENOWType { NOW_NOW, NOW_YEAR, NOW_MONTH, NOW_DAY, NOW_HOUR, NOW_HHOUR, NOW_QHOUR, NOW_MINUTE } eNOWType;
 #define tmpBUFSIZE 16	/* size of formatting buffer */
 static uchar *getNOW(eNOWType eNow)
 {
@@ -1272,6 +1272,12 @@ static uchar *getNOW(eNOWType eNow)
 	case NOW_HOUR:
 		snprintf((char*) pBuf, tmpBUFSIZE, "%2.2d", t.hour);
 		break;
+	case NOW_HHOUR:
+		snprintf((char*) pBuf, tmpBUFSIZE, "%2.2d", t.hour / 30);
+		break;
+	case NOW_QHOUR:
+		snprintf((char*) pBuf, tmpBUFSIZE, "%2.2d", t.hour / 15);
+		break;
 	case NOW_MINUTE:
 		snprintf((char*) pBuf, tmpBUFSIZE, "%2.2d", t.minute);
 		break;
@@ -1424,6 +1430,16 @@ char *MsgGetProp(msg_t *pMsg, struct templateEntry *pTpe,
 			return "***OUT OF MEMORY***";
 		} else
 			*pbMustBeFreed = 1;	/* all of these functions allocate dyn. memory */
+	} else if(!strcmp((char*) pName, "$HHOUR")) {
+		if((pRes = (char*) getNOW(NOW_HHOUR)) == NULL) {
+			return "***OUT OF MEMORY***";
+		} else
+			*pbMustBeFreed = 1;	/* all of these functions allocate dyn. memory */
+	} else if(!strcmp((char*) pName, "$QHOUR")) {
+		if((pRes = (char*) getNOW(NOW_QHOUR)) == NULL) {
+			return "***OUT OF MEMORY***";
+		} else
+			*pbMustBeFreed = 1;	/* all of these functions allocate dyn. memory */
 	} else if(!strcmp((char*) pName, "$MINUTE")) {
 		if((pRes = (char*) getNOW(NOW_MINUTE)) == NULL) {
 			return "***OUT OF MEMORY***";