$ControlCharacterEscapePrefix

Type: global configuration parameter

Default: \

Description:

This option specifies the prefix character to be used for control character escaping (see option $EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive). By default, it is ‘', which is backwards-compatible with sysklogd. Change it to ‘#’ in order to be compliant to the value that is somewhat suggested by Internet-Draft syslog-protocol.

IMPORTANT: do not use the ‘ character. This is reserved and will most probably be used in the future as a character delimiter. For the same reason, the syntax of this parameter will probably change in future releases.

Sample:

$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive #  # as of syslog-protocol

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

  • Mailing list - best route for general questions
  • GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
  • Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog: