* openlog setup for syslog sink

example/example.cpp

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         // Just call spdlog::set_async_mode(q_size) and all created loggers from now on will be asynchronous..
         // Note: queue size must be power of 2!
         //
-        size_t max_q_size = 1048576; 
+        size_t max_q_size = 1048576;
         spdlog::set_async_mode(max_q_size);
         auto async_file= spd::daily_logger_st("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
         async_file->info() << "This is async log.." << "Should be very fast!";
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         // syslog example
         //
 #ifdef __linux__
-        auto syslog_logger = spd::syslog_logger("syslog");
+        std::string ident = "my_ident";
+        auto syslog_logger = spd::syslog_logger("syslog", ident, spd::sinks::syslog::option::PID | spd::sinks::syslog::option::PERROR, "mail" );
         syslog_logger->warn("This is warning that will end up in syslog. This is Linux only!");
 #endif
     }

include/spdlog/details/format.h

@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define FMT_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
   TypeName(const TypeName&); \
   void operator=(const TypeName&)
-namespace spdlog {
-namespace details {
+namespace spdlog
+{
+namespace details
+{
 namespace fmt
 {
 
@@ -1054,7 +1056,7 @@ public:
         {
         default:
             assert(false);
-        // Fall through.
+            // Fall through.
         case Arg::INT:
             return FMT_DISPATCH(visit_int(arg.int_value));
         case Arg::UINT:
@@ -2223,7 +2225,7 @@ void BasicWriter<Char>::write_double(
         // MSVC's printf doesn't support 'F'.
         type = 'f';
 #endif
-    // Fall through.
+        // Fall through.
     case 'E':
     case 'G':
     case 'A':
@@ -2849,8 +2851,10 @@ fmt::print(format, args...);
 #define FMT_VARIADIC_W(ReturnType, func, ...) \
   FMT_VARIADIC_(wchar_t, ReturnType, func, return func, __VA_ARGS__)
 
-namespace spdlog {
-namespace details {
+namespace spdlog
+{
+namespace details
+{
 namespace fmt
 {
 FMT_VARIADIC(std::string, format, StringRef)

include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ inline void spdlog::pattern_formatter::handle_flag(char flag)
 {
     switch (flag)
     {
-    // logger name
+        // logger name
     case 'n':
         _formatters.push_back(std::unique_ptr<details::flag_formatter>(new details::name_formatter()));
         break;

include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h

@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::stderr_logger_st(const std::strin
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 // Create syslog logger
-inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::syslog_logger(const std::string& logger_name)
+inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::syslog_logger(const std::string& logger_name, const std::string& ident, int option , const std::string & facility)
 {
-    return create<spdlog::sinks::syslog_sink>(logger_name);
+    return create<spdlog::sinks::syslog_sink>(logger_name, ident, option, facility);
 }
 
 #endif

include/spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #ifdef __linux__
 
 #include <string>
+
+#define SYSLOG_NAMES 1
+
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include "./sink.h"
 #include "../common.h"
@@ -37,6 +40,21 @@ namespace spdlog
 {
 namespace sinks
 {
+namespace syslog
+{
+namespace option
+{
+typedef enum
+{
+    CONS     = LOG_CONS,
+    NDELAY   = LOG_NDELAY,
+    NOWAIT   = LOG_NOWAIT,
+    ODELAY   = LOG_ODELAY,
+    PERROR   = LOG_PERROR,
+    PID      = LOG_PID
+} option_enum;
+}
+}
 /**
  * Sink that write to syslog using the `syscall()` library call.
  *
@@ -45,8 +63,9 @@ namespace sinks
 class syslog_sink : public sink
 {
 public:
-    syslog_sink()
+    syslog_sink(const std::string& ident = "", int option = static_cast<int>(syslog::option::PID), const std::string &facility = "user")
     {
+
         _priorities[static_cast<int>(level::TRACE)] = LOG_DEBUG;
         _priorities[static_cast<int>(level::DEBUG)] = LOG_DEBUG;
         _priorities[static_cast<int>(level::INFO)] = LOG_INFO;
@@ -59,6 +78,8 @@ public:
 
         _priorities[static_cast<int>(level::ALWAYS)] = LOG_INFO;
         _priorities[static_cast<int>(level::OFF)] = LOG_INFO;
+
+        ::openlog(ident.c_str(), option, syslog_facility_from_name(facility));
     }
     virtual ~syslog_sink() = default;
 
@@ -67,10 +88,11 @@ public:
 
     void log(const details::log_msg &msg) override
     {
-        syslog(syslog_prio_from_level(msg), "%s", msg.formatted.str().c_str());
+        ::syslog(syslog_prio_from_level(msg), "%s", msg.formatted.str().c_str());
     };
 
 protected:
+
     /**
      * Simply maps spdlog's log level to syslog priority level.
      */
@@ -81,6 +103,21 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     std::array<int, 11> _priorities;
+
+    inline int syslog_facility_from_name (const std::string & name)
+    {
+        if (name.empty())
+            return LOG_USER;
+
+        for (int i = 0; facilitynames[i].c_name != NULL; ++i)
+        {
+            if (name == facilitynames[i].c_name)
+                return facilitynames[i].c_val;
+        }
+
+        return LOG_USER;
+
+    }
 };
 }
 }

include/spdlog/spdlog.h

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<logger> stderr_logger_st(const std::string& logger_name);
 // Create a syslog logger
 //
 #ifdef __linux__
-std::shared_ptr<logger> syslog_logger(const std::string& logger_name);
+std::shared_ptr<logger> syslog_logger(const std::string& logger_name, const std::string& ident, int option, const std::string &facility);
 #endif
 
 //