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diff --git a/doc/expression.html b/doc/expression.html index 9e37cb7a..c401d9ab 100644 --- a/doc/expression.html +++ b/doc/expression.html @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>Expressions</title></head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"> +<title>Expressions in rsyslog</title></head> <body> -<a href="rsyslog_conf_filter.html">back</a> -<h1>Expressions</h1> +<a href="rsyslog_conf_filter.html">back to rsyslog filter conditions</a> +<h1>Expressions in rsyslog</h1> <p>Rsyslog supports expressions at a growing number of places. So -far, they are supported for filtering messages.</p><p>Expression support is provided by RainerScript. For now, please see the formal expression definition in <a href="rainerscript.html">RainerScript ABNF</a>. It is the "expr" node.</p><p>C-like comments (/* some comment */) are supported <span style="font-weight: bold;">inside</span> the expression, but not yet in the rest of the configuration file.</p><p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] +far, they are supported for filtering messages.</p> +<p>Expression support is provided by RainerScript. Please see the +<a href="rainerscript.html">RainerScript documentation</a> for more details.</p> +<p>C-like comments (/* some comment */) are supported <b>inside</b> the expression, +but not yet in the rest of the configuration file.</p> + +<p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] [<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the -<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> -project.<br> -Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer -Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> +Copyright © 2008, 2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.</font></p> </body></html> diff --git a/doc/rainerscript.html b/doc/rainerscript.html index ef0e41cb..63a79040 100644 --- a/doc/rainerscript.html +++ b/doc/rainerscript.html @@ -51,13 +51,25 @@ of a and b should be tested as "a <> b". The "not" operator should be reserved to cases where it actually is needed to form a complex boolean expression. In those cases, parenthesis are highly recommended. +<h2>Functions</h2> +<p>RainerScript supports a currently quite limited set of functions: +<ul> +<li>getenv(str) - like the OS call, returns the value of the environment +variable, if it exists. Returns an empty string if it does not exist. +<li>strlen(str) - returns the length of the provided string +<li>tolower(str) - converts the provided string into lowercase +</ul> +<p>The following example can be used to build a dynamic filter based on some environment +variable: +<pre> +if $msg contains getenv('TRIGGERVAR') then /path/to/errfile +</pre> <p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] [<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> -Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer -Gerhards</a> and +Copyright © 2008, 2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.</font></p> -</body></html>
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