syslog time resolution

[Frank Shute]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:29:23PM +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to increase the number of decimals reported in logfiles by 
> syslogd(8), anyone knows if it is possible and perhaps a hint on how to 
> do it?
> 
> tcpdump for instance, has six decimals: 21:25:20.160833 whereas the 
> standard syslog has zero decimal secs.
> 
> I am only referring to events within a single system so it's not related 
> to clock accuracy.
> 
> Thanks and sorry if I missed the obvious!
> 
> --per

Per,

Dependent on what you're exactly trying to do, you might want to look
at daemontools (in ports: sysutils).

The tools come with a logger which will give you high resolution
timestamps.

Have a look at:

http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/multilog.html
http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/tai64n.html

HTH.

-- 

 Frank 

	
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