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-rw-r--r--include/usage.h3
-rw-r--r--sysklogd/syslogd.c20
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 543befca3..1da436ad4 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2780,7 +2780,8 @@ USE_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY( \
"\t-m MIN\t\tMinutes between MARK lines (default=20, 0=off)\n" \
"\t-n\t\tRun as a foreground process\n" \
"\t-O FILE\t\tUse an alternate log file (default=/var/log/messages)\n" \
- "\t-S\t\tMake logging output smaller." \
+ "\t-l n\tSets the local log level of messages to n\n" \
+ "\t-S\t\tMake logging output smaller" \
USE_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE( \
"\n\t-s SIZE\t\tMax size (KB) before rotate (default=200KB, 0=off)\n" \
"\t-b NUM\t\tNumber of rotated logs to keep (default=1, max=99, 0=purge)") \
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 9a5a04adb..a257e740e 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ static int logFileRotate = 1;
/* interval between marks in seconds */
static int MarkInterval = 20 * 60;
+/* level of messages to be locally logged */
+static int logLevel = 8;
+
/* localhost's name */
static char LocalHostName[64];
@@ -413,10 +416,12 @@ retry:
#endif
{
/* now spew out the message to wherever it is supposed to go */
- if (opts & SYSLOG_OPT_small)
- message("%s %s\n", timestamp, msg);
- else
- message("%s %s %s %s\n", timestamp, LocalHostName, res, msg);
+ if (pri == 0 || LOG_PRI(pri) < logLevel) {
+ if (opts & SYSLOG_OPT_small)
+ message("%s %s\n", timestamp, msg);
+ else
+ message("%s %s %s %s\n", timestamp, LocalHostName, res, msg);
+ }
}
}
@@ -581,6 +586,13 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
case 'O':
logFilePath = optarg;
break;
+ case 'l':
+ logLevel = atoi(optarg);
+ /* Valid levels are between 1 and 8 */
+ if (logLevel < 1 || logLevel > 8) {
+ bb_show_usage();
+ }
+ break;
#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
case 's':
logFileSize = atoi(optarg) * 1024;