- move syslog stuff to a separate file for cross-platformisms

  (log/syslog isn't a thing on go in windows)

lumberjack.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
   "os"
   "time"
   "flag"
-  "log/syslog"
   "runtime/pprof"
 )
 
@@ -56,11 +55,7 @@ func main() {
   
   log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lmicroseconds)
   if *use_syslog {
-    writer, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_INFO | syslog.LOG_DAEMON, "lumberjack")
-    if err != nil {
-      log.Fatalf("Failed to open syslog: %s\n", err)
-    }
-    log.SetOutput(writer)
+    configureSyslog()
   }
 
   // Prospect the globs/paths given on the command line and launch harvesters

syslog.go

+package main
+
+import (
+  "log"
+  "log/syslog"
+)
+
+func configureSyslog() {
+  writer, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_INFO | syslog.LOG_DAEMON, "lumberjack")
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatalf("Failed to open syslog: %s\n", err)
+    return
+  }
+  log.SetOutput(writer)
+}

syslog_windows.go

+package main
+
+import "log"
+
+func configureSyslog() {
+  log.Logf("Logging to syslog not supported on this platform\n");)
+}