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ompipe: Pipe Output Module
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**Module Name: ompipe**
**Author:**\ Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>
**Description**:
The ompipe plug-in provides the core functionality for logging output to named pipes (fifos). It is a built-in module that does not need to be loaded.
**Global Configuration Parameters:**
Note: parameter names are case-insensitive.
- Template: [templateName] sets a new default template for file actions.
**Action specific Configuration Parameters:**
Note: parameter names are case-insensitive.
- Pipe: string a fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages.
- tryResumeReopen: Sometimes we need to reopen a pipe after an ompipe action gets suspended. Sending an HUP signal does the job but requires an interaction with rsyslog. When set to "on" and a resume action fails, the file descriptor is closed, causing a new open in the next resume. Default: "off" to preserve existing behavior before introduction of this option.
**Caveats/Known Bugs:**
None
**Sample:**
The following command sends all syslog messages to a pipe named "NameofPipe".
::
Module (path="builtin:ompipe")
*.* action(type="ompipe" Pipe="NameofPipe")
**Legacy Configuration Parameters:**
rsyslog has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol ("|") to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd is started.
**Legacy Sample:**
The following command sends all syslog messages to a pipe named /var/log/pipe.
::
$ModLoad ompipe
*.* |/var/log/pipe
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