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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package syslog
import (
"net"
"os"
)
// unixSyslog opens a connection to the syslog daemon running on the
// local machine using a Unix domain socket.
func unixSyslog() (conn serverConn, err os.Error) {
logTypes := []string{"unixgram", "unix"}
logPaths := []string{"/dev/log", "/var/run/syslog"}
var raddr string
for _, network := range logTypes {
for _, path := range logPaths {
raddr = path
conn, err := net.Dial(network, raddr)
if err != nil {
continue
} else {
return netConn{conn}, nil
}
}
}
return nil, os.ErrorString("Unix syslog delivery error")
}