LPRng-HOWTO: 17 Jan 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.20)
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# Chapter 21. Remote Logger Operation

Several sites have wanted a way to provide central logging of job status and/or information. In order to do this, the following functionality is implemented in LPRng.

# 21.1. Logger Network Communication

Options used:

- `logger_destination=`logger information destination

- `logger_pathname=`pathname of temp file for log information

- `logger_max_size=`max size in K of temp file for log information

- `logger_timeout=`time between connection attempts

The printcap/configuration variable `logger_destination` specifies a destination in the standard `host%port` notation used by LPRng. Host is the destination host, and can be a name or IP address. Port is the port on the destination host. A TCP/IP connection is made to the indicated port.

Log information is save in a temporary file specified by `logger_path`, and up to `logger_max_size` K bytes of data will be saved.

If a connection cannot be made to the `logger_destination`, then every `logger_timeout` seconds a new connection attempt will be made. If `logger_timeout` is 0, then a connection attempt will be made every time new data arrives to be logged.

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