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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

eventlog-0.2.12p2

replacement for the syslog() API

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Description

The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() API provided on UNIX systems. The major difference between EventLog and syslog is that EventLog tries to add structure to messages. Where you had a simple non-structured string in syslog() you have a combination of description and tag/value pairs. EventLog provides an interface to build, format and output an event record. The exact format and output method can be customized by the administrator via a configuration file.

Package information

Ports path
sysutils/eventlog
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
sysutils
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

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