# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler-----------------------------------------------------| eventlog: Eventlog (Syslog Library) eventlog: eventlog: The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() eventlog: API provided on UNIX systems. The major difference between EventLog eventlog: and syslog is that EventLog tries to add structure to messages. eventlog: Where you had a simple non-structrured string in syslog() you have a eventlog: combination of description and tag/value pairs. eventlog: EventLog provides an interface to build, format and output an event eventlog: record. The exact format and output method can be customized by the eventlog: administrator via a configuration file. eventlog: