added a small diag tool to generate local log messages quickly

... I think it may be useful to extend this later, thus I move it
into git.

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index a265af9c..b66b8e0c 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ rsyslogd_LDADD = $(zlib_libs) $(pthreads_libs) $(rsrt_libs)
 rsyslogd_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic
 
 if ENABLE_DIAGTOOLS
-sbin_PROGRAMS += rsyslog_diag_hostname
+sbin_PROGRAMS += rsyslog_diag_hostname msggen
 rsyslog_diag_hostname_SOURCES = gethostn.c
+msggen_SOURCES = msggen.c
 endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
diff --git a/tools/msggen.c b/tools/msggen.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7990a3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/msggen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* msggen - a small diagnostic utility that does very quick
+ * syslog() calls.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
+ *
+ * This file is part of rsyslog.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Rsyslog.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int i;
+
+	openlog("msggen", 0 , LOG_LOCAL0);
+
+	for(i = 0 ; i < 10 ; ++i)
+		syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "This is message number %d", i);
+
+	closelog();
+	return 0;
+}