About

This package installs modern-syslog as an optional dependency for ease of use on Windows (via a stub) and exposes some of its API.

There is also a compatiblity layer for users of the posix package (syslog related functions, drop-in replacement).

Constants are provided by syslog-constants and are always available.

Usage

Install using npm:

$ npm install optional-syslog

Replace

require('modern-syslog');

or

require('posix');

with

require('optional-syslog');

Exported properties and methods

syslog-constants (except named as in modern-syslog)

• facility
• level
• option

Documentation at https://www.npmjs.com/package/syslog-constants#properties

modern-syslog

• log
• open
• close
• upto
• setmask

Documentation at https://www.npmjs.com/package/modern-syslog#api

Not provided are:

• formatted versions of log()
• streaming API
• curmask (since it's a read operation and can't be noop'd)

posix

• openlog
• closelog
• setlogmask
• syslog

Documentation at https://www.npmjs.com/package/posix#syslog