file() Destination Driver

The file driver is one of the most important destination drivers in syslog-ng. It allows to output messages to the specified text file, or to a set of files.

Status

Architecture	Status
x86	Works
ARM	Works

How to Test

File() drivers are at the very core of syslog-ng. Chances are you are already using them for displaying output to your console. To test the file destination driver, we will use it to store a custom message in a file and then checking the contents of the file.

File() destination driver is also used to display any output on the console. The code snippet is shown below.

destination console{
    file(/dev/stdout);
};

Configuration File Used

@version: 3.31
@include "scl.conf"

source custom{
    example-msg-generator( num(5) template("Random Message") );
};

destination d_file{
    file("/Users/yash/Documents/test.txt" perm(0755));
};

log {
    source(custom);
    destination(d_file);
};

Proof

file() destination driver tested on macOS (x86)

file() destination driver tested on macOS (ARM)