remsyslog.c File Reference

To send a message to a remote syslog server using UDP. More...

#include <errno.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <syslog.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <libmgec/libmgec.h>
#include <libmgec/mge-errno.h>
#include <libmgesysutils/mge-remsyslog.h>

Include dependency graph for remsyslog.c:

Functions
int	sndremsyslogmsg (const char *hostname, const char *prog_name, const char *message)
	Send message to remote syslog server. More...

Detailed Description

To send a message to a remote syslog server using UDP.

Author

Copyright (C) 2015-2019, 2021-2024 Mark Grant

Released under the GPLv3 only.
SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only

Version

v1.1.1 ==== 19/04/2024

Function Documentation

sndremsyslogmsg()

int sndremsyslogmsg	(	const char *	hostname,
		const char *	prog_name,
		const char *	message
	)

Send message to remote syslog server.

On error mge_errno will be set.

Parameters

hostname	Destination machine.
prog_name	Source program name.
message	The message to send.

Returns

0 on success, -ve mge_errno on error.