Syslinux - Jun 2008 - directing output of tftpd to stdout, instead of syslog()

I'm doing some work with hpda-tftpd--0.48.

All output is to syslog -- this is inconvenient when running  interctivitly.

tftpd has a no daemonize flag -- this is not used either started it normally or
from the sample inetd...

I'm thinking of doing:

  my_syslog(int priority, const char *format, ...)
  {
          va_list ap;

          va_start(ap, format);

          if(use_tty == TRUE)
                  vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
          else    vsyslog(priority, format, ap);

          va_end(ap);
  }
and building with -Dsyslog=my_syslog

I like the fact when the startup options are incorrect, they're logged...so
I need "use_tty" set up before anything
else.

marty

Marty Leisner wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking of doing:
> 
>   my_syslog(int priority, const char *format, ...)
>   {
>           va_list ap;
> 
>           va_start(ap, format);
> 
>           if(use_tty == TRUE)
>                   vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
>           else    vsyslog(priority, format, ap);
> 
>           va_end(ap);
>   }
> and building with -Dsyslog=my_syslog
> 
> I like the fact when the startup options are incorrect, they're
logged...so I need "use_tty" set up before anything
> else.
> 
I just don't know how far back one can assume vfprintf() or *especially* 
vsyslog() exists.  tftp-hpa is designed to be "portable to anything 
vaguley Unix-like" simply because I've been trying to give people an 
alternative to the 1980's-era BSD code that commercial vendors have been 
known to still ship.

	-hpa