How can I syslog without PID

[Dean Schulze]

I have a C program with a syslog command like this:

syslog(LOG_INFO, "slurmctrld: initializing resources");

It outputs the first line below in the syslog.  This C code executes a golang binary that also does syslog commands:

    Syslogger, err = syslog.New(syslog.LOG_INFO, "slurmctld")

    ....

    Syslogger.Info("slurmctld: initializing resources - completed")

The golang code writes the last 3 entries in the syslog, but they include a PID or thread id:

Apr 16 19:18:37 slurmctld slurmctld: slurmctrld: initializing resources

Apr 16 19:19:12 slurmctld slurmctld[24785]: slurmctrld: creating resource group

Apr 16 19:19:15 slurmctld slurmctld[24785]: slurmctrld: creating machines

Apr 16 19:20:28 slurmctld slurmctld[24785]: slurmctld: initializing resources - completed

In golang is there a way to get syslog messages without the PID so they look the same as from C code?

[Dan Kortschak]

You can get the PID with https://golang.org/pkg/os/#Getpid and use that
you construct a string to hand in as tag to syslog.New.

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[Ian Lance Taylor]

No, there isn't. The Go log/syslog package in effect acts like the C
function syslog if LOG_PID is passed to openlog.

If this is important to you I recommend that you just copy the
log/syslog package and edit it for your needs. It's about 400 lines.

Ian