Utils/Logger: Add console directory to target

[senf.git] / Utils / Logger / SyslogUDPTarget.cc

diff --git a/Utils/Logger/SyslogUDPTarget.cc b/Utils/Logger/SyslogUDPTarget.cc
index 0538fe0..03a055f 100644 (file)
--- a/Utils/Logger/SyslogUDPTarget.cc
+++ b/Utils/Logger/SyslogUDPTarget.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ prefix_ void senf::log::SyslogUDPTarget::v_write(time_type timestamp, std::strin
     detail::quoteNonPrintable(m);
 
     std::stringstream prfstream;
+    // The space after the '>' is there on purpose: It ensures, that the prefix (which may be empty)
+    // or message will not inadvertently be interpreted as date or hostname by a receiving syslog
+    // daemon or proxy
     prfstream << '<' << (facility_ | senf::log::SyslogTarget::LEVELMAP[level]) << "> "
               << prefix(timestamp, stream, area, level);
     std::string const & prf (prfstream.str());