Hi David! I guess you and the topic starter already replied to your question why the new syntax is better :) Really, just have a look at the config posted below. I understand your point but well.. I cannot remember any person who come to the maillist with simple configuration. It's always more or less complex. So if a person would like to read and understand the config written a year ago I'd say there is only way..
On Fri, 10 Sept 2021 at 09:54, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Sep 2021, Yuri Bushmelev via rsyslog wrote: > > > Please consider to stop useing the $ThisConfigSyntaxStyle as "it will > make > > your life miserable" (c) Reiner Gerhards .. There is nice new syntax made > > more than 10 years ago. > > please explain why > > template(name="TmplVPXMsg" type="string" > string="/var/log/remote/netscaler/%HOSTNAME%/netscalerlog") > > is better than > > $template TmplAuthpriv, "/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%/secure" > > or why > > action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/remote/netscaler/netscalerlog") > > is better than > > /var/log/remote/netscaler/netscalerlog > > it gets a bit closer when you compare > > action(type="omfile" dynaFile="TmplNetscalerMsg") > > with > > ?TmplNetscalerMsg > > but only because of the ? > > Now, I agree that if you are doing more complex things, the new syntax is > better, but for simple things the old syntax is frequently as good or > better. > > When the new syntax was introduced, Reiner was thinking that the old > syntax > would be phased out, but with further disucssion and examples, he changed > his > mind because simple things are so much simpler in the old syntax. > > if your config requires setting one thing to affect a future line, you are > probably better off doing it in a single line with the new syntax. > > The new template() and action() syntax allow a lot of options that don't > exist > with the old format (and names in the action() syntax can be incredibly > valuable when debugging things), but if you aren't doing complex things, > the old > syntax can be btter due to it's brevity. > > David Lang > -- Yury Bushmelev _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
