A bunch of changes...

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/logging_utils.py b/logging_utils.py
index 819e3d3..278cbf0 100644
--- a/logging_utils.py
+++ b/logging_utils.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ cfg.add_argument(
 cfg.add_argument(
     '--logging_format',
     type=str,
-    default='%(levelname).1s:%(asctime)s: %(message)s',
-    help='The format for lines logged via the logger module.'
+    default=None,
+    help='The format for lines logged via the logger module.  See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#formatter-objects'
 )
 cfg.add_argument(
     '--logging_date_format',
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ cfg.add_argument(
     help='Should we log to localhost\'s syslog.'
 )
 cfg.add_argument(
+    '--logging_syslog_facility',
+    type=str,
+    default = 'USER',
+    choices=['NOTSET', 'AUTH', 'AUTH_PRIV', 'CRON', 'DAEMON', 'FTP', 'KERN', 'LPR', 'MAIL', 'NEWS',
+             'SYSLOG', 'USER', 'UUCP', 'LOCAL0', 'LOCAL1', 'LOCAL2', 'LOCAL3', 'LOCAL4', 'LOCAL5',
+             'LOCAL6', 'LOCAL7'],
+    metavar='SYSLOG_FACILITY_LIST',
+    help='The default syslog message facility identifier',
+)
+cfg.add_argument(
     '--logging_debug_threads',
     action=argparse_utils.ActionNoYes,
     default=False,
@@ -382,7 +392,14 @@ def initialize_logging(logger=None) -> logging.Logger:
     if not isinstance(default_logging_level, int):
         raise ValueError('Invalid level: %s' % config.config['logging_level'])
 
-    fmt = config.config['logging_format']
+    if config.config['logging_format']:
+        fmt = config.config['logging_format']
+    else:
+        if config.config['logging_syslog']:
+            fmt = '%(levelname).1s:%(filename)s[%(process)d]: %(message)s'
+        else:
+            fmt = '%(levelname).1s:%(asctime)s: %(message)s'
+
     if config.config['logging_debug_threads']:
         fmt = f'%(process)d.%(thread)d|{fmt}'
     if config.config['logging_debug_modules']:
@@ -390,7 +407,10 @@ def initialize_logging(logger=None) -> logging.Logger:
 
     if config.config['logging_syslog']:
         if sys.platform not in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
-            handler = SysLogHandler()
+            if config.config['logging_syslog_facility']:
+                facility_name = 'LOG_' + config.config['logging_syslog_facility']
+            facility = SysLogHandler.__dict__.get(facility_name, SysLogHandler.LOG_USER)
+            handler = SysLogHandler(facility=SysLogHandler.LOG_CRON, address='/dev/log')
             handler.setFormatter(
                 MillisecondAwareFormatter(
                     fmt=fmt,