= SyslogOutputter A SyslogOutputter transforms a Log4r::LogEvent into a call to syslog(). Since syslog has its own formatting system, log4r formatters are ignored. == Usage To use, require 'log4r/outputter/syslogoutputter' An example, require 'log4r' require 'log4r/outputter/syslogoutputter' syslog = Log4r::SyslogOutputter.new("name", 'logopt'=>#, 'facility'=>#) syslog.err("this is an ERR message") The output in /var/logs/syslog (Debian) is, Sep 3 11:43:06 tiphares sys[1603]: this is an ERR message The hash arguments +logoptions+ and +facility+ are passed to Syslog.open. The defaults are LOG_PID | LOG_CONS and LOG_USER respectively. This is a first try implementation. It works well. Please report any bugs and fixes.