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src/syslog.app.src

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+{application, syslog,
+ [
+  {description, "Syslog for erlang"},
+  {vsn, "0.0.1"},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications, [
+                  kernel,
+                  stdlib
+                 ]},
+  {mod, { erlsyslog_app, []}},
+  {env, []}
+ ]}.

src/syslog_app.erl

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+-module(syslog_app).
+
+-behaviour(application).
+
+%% Application callbacks
+-export([start/2, stop/1]).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Application callbacks
+%% ===================================================================
+
+start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
+    erlang_syslog_sup:start_link().
+
+stop(_State) ->
+    ok.

src/syslog_sup.erl

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+
+-module(syslog_sup).
+
+-behaviour(supervisor).
+
+%% API
+-export([start_link/0]).
+
+%% Supervisor callbacks
+-export([init/1]).
+
+%% Helper macro for declaring children of supervisor
+-define(CHILD(I, Type), {I, {I, start_link, []}, permanent, 5000, Type, [I]}).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% API functions
+%% ===================================================================
+
+start_link() ->
+    supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Supervisor callbacks
+%% ===================================================================
+
+init([]) ->
+    {ok, { {one_for_one, 5, 10}, []} }.
+