Improve logging: stdout, file, syslog options.

ccollect

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ fi
 PARALLEL=""
 MAX_JOBS=""
 USE_ALL=""
+LOGFILE=""
+SYSLOG=""
+# e - only errors, a - all output
+LOGLEVEL="a"
+LOGONLYERRORS=""
 
 #
 # catch signals
@@ -138,18 +143,11 @@ trap "${TRAPFUNC}" 1 2 15
 # Functions
 #
 
-# time displaying echo
+# check if we are running interactive or non-interactive
-_techo()
+# see: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/intandnonint.html
+_is_interactive()
 {
-    echo "$(${DDATE}): $@"
+    [ -t 0 -o -p /dev/stdin ]
-}
-
-# exit on error
-_exit_err()
-{
-    _techo "Error: $@"
-    rm -f "${TMP}"
-    exit 1
 }
 
 add_name()
@@ -192,13 +190,16 @@ ${__myname}: [args] <interval name> <sources to backup>
 
     ccollect creates (pseudo) incremental backups
 
-    -h, --help:            Show this help screen
+    -h, --help:              Show this help screen
-    -a, --all:             Backup all sources specified in ${CSOURCES}
+    -a, --all:               Backup all sources specified in ${CSOURCES}
-    -j [max], --jobs [max] Specifies the number of jobs to run simultaneously.
+    -e, --errors:            Log only errors
-                           If max is not specified then parallelise all jobs.
+    -j [max], --jobs [max]   Specifies the number of jobs to run simultaneously.
-    -p, --parallel:        Parallelise backup processes (deprecated from 2.0)
+                             If max is not specified then parallelise all jobs.
-    -v, --verbose:         Be very verbose (uses set -x)
+    -l FILE, --logfile FILE  Log to specified file
-    -V, --version:         Print version information
+    -p, --parallel:          Parallelise backup processes (deprecated from 2.0)
+    -s, --syslog:            Log to syslog with tag ccollect
+    -v, --verbose:           Be very verbose (uses set -x)
+    -V, --version:           Print version information
 
     This is version ${VERSION} released on ${RELEASE}.
 
@@ -219,6 +220,54 @@ unlock()
     "${unlockf}" "$@"
 }
 
+# time displaying echo
+# stdout version
+_techo_stdout()
+{
+    echo "$(${DDATE}): $@"
+}
+
+# syslog version
+_techo_syslog()
+{
+    logger -t ccollect "$@"
+}
+
+# specified file version
+_techo_file()
+{
+    _techo_stdout "$@" >> "${LOGFILE}"
+}
+
+# determine _techo version before parsing options
+if _is_interactive
+then
+    _techof="_techo_stdout"
+else
+    _techof="_techo_syslog"
+fi
+
+# _techo with determined _techo version
+_techo()
+{
+    if [ "${LOGLEVEL}" = "a" ]
+    then
+        "${_techof}" "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+_techo_err()
+{
+    _techo "Error: $@"
+}
+
+_exit_err()
+{
+    _techo_err "$@"
+    rm -f "${TMP}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
 #
 # Parse options
 #
@@ -247,6 +296,28 @@ while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do
                 esac
             fi
             ;;
+        -e|--errors)
+            LOGONLYERRORS="1"
+            ;;
+        -l|--logfile)
+            if [ "$#" -ge 2 ]
+            then
+                case "$2" in
+                    -*)
+                        _exit_err "Missing log file"
+                        ;;
+                    *)
+                        LOGFILE="$2"
+                        shift
+                        ;;
+                esac
+            else
+                _exit_err "Missing log file"
+            fi
+            ;;
+        -s|--syslog)
+            SYSLOG="1"
+            ;;
         -v|--verbose)
             set -x
             ;;
@@ -268,6 +339,34 @@ while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do
     shift
 done
 
+# determine _techo version and logging level after parsing options
+if [ "${LOGFILE}" ]
+then
+    _techof="_techo_file"
+    LOGLEVEL="a"
+elif _is_interactive
+then
+    if [ "${SYSLOG}" ]
+    then
+        _techof="_techo_syslog"
+        LOGLEVEL="a"
+    else
+        _techof="_techo_stdout"
+        LOGLEVEL="e"
+    fi
+else
+    _techof="_techo_syslog"
+    LOGLEVEL="a"
+fi
+
+if [ "${LOGFILE}" -o "${SYSLOG}" ]
+then
+    if [ "${LOGONLYERRORS}" ]
+    then
+        LOGLEVEL="e"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # check that MAX_JOBS is natural number > 0
 # empty string means run all in parallel
 echo "${MAX_JOBS}" | grep -q -E '^[1-9][0-9]*$|^$'

doc/changes/2.0

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+ * Introduce -j option for max parallel jobs, deprecate -p (Darko Poljak)
+ * Add locking (Darko Poljak)
+ * Fix source-is-up check (Nikita Koshikov)
+ * Fix some minor command line parsing issues (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Correct output, if configuration is not in cconfig format (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Minor code cleanups and optimisations (Nico Schottelius)
+ * ccollect_analyse_logs.sh traps more errors and warnings (Patrick Drolet)
+ * Remove -v for mkdir and rm, as they are not POSIX (Patrick Drolet)
+ * Export destination_* to source specific post_exec (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Update documentation regarding exported variables (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Simplify time calculation (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Documentate pre_exec error handling (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Added start script (Thorsten Elle)
+ * Documentate autofs hint (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Speedup source-is-up check and remove --archive (Nico Schottelius)
+ * Removed support for remote backup (see doc) (Nico Schottelius)

doc/changes/next

@@ -1,16 +1 @@
- * Introduce -j option for max parallel jobs, deprecate -p (Darko Poljak)
+* Add options for stdout, file and syslog logging (Darko Poljak)
- * Add locking (Darko Poljak)
- * Fix source-is-up check (Nikita Koshikov)
- * Fix some minor command line parsing issues (Nico Schottelius)
- * Correct output, if configuration is not in cconfig format (Nico Schottelius)
- * Minor code cleanups and optimisations (Nico Schottelius)
- * ccollect_analyse_logs.sh traps more errors and warnings (Patrick Drolet)
- * Remove -v for mkdir and rm, as they are not POSIX (Patrick Drolet)
- * Export destination_* to source specific post_exec (Nico Schottelius)
- * Update documentation regarding exported variables (Nico Schottelius)
- * Simplify time calculation (Nico Schottelius)
- * Documentate pre_exec error handling (Nico Schottelius)
- * Added start script (Thorsten Elle)
- * Documentate autofs hint (Nico Schottelius)
- * Speedup source-is-up check and remove --archive (Nico Schottelius)
- * Removed support for remote backup (see doc) (Nico Schottelius)

doc/man/ccollect.text

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -a, --all::
    Backup all sources specified in /etc/ccollect/sources
 
+-e, --errors::
+   Log only errors
+
 -h, --help::
    Show the help screen
 
@@ -36,14 +39,41 @@ OPTIONS
    Specifies the number of jobs to run simultaneously.
    If max is not specified then parallelise all jobs.
 
+-l FILE, --logfile FILE::
+   Log to specified file
+
 -p, --parallel::
    Parallelise backup processes (deprecated from 2.0)
 
+-s, --syslog::
+   Log to syslog with tag ccollect
+
+-V, --version::
+   Show version and exit
+
 -v, --verbose::
    Be very verbose (uses set -x)
 
--V, --version::
+
-   Show version and exit
+LOGGING MECHANISM
+-----------------
+ccollect logging depends on running in non-interactive/interactive mode
+and on specified optins. The mechanism behaves as the following:
+
+non-interactive mode::
+
+    * standard output goes to syslog
+    * optional: specify logging into file
+    * log all output by default
+    * optional: log only errors
+
+interactive mode::
+
+    * standard output goes to stdout
+    * log only errors
+    * optional: log into syslog or file
+        - log all output by default
+        - optional: log only errors
 
 
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