Make sure our program name is valid for syslog

Convert a ":", " " and brackets to a dash.
papertrail · May 3, 2012 · 306ec8f · 306ec8f
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commit 306ec8f
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/lib/remote_syslog/reader.rb b/lib/remote_syslog/reader.rb
@@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ def initialize(path, destination_address, destination_port, options = {})
       @packet.facility = options[:facility] || 'user'
       @packet.severity = options[:severity] || 'notice'
 
-      tag = options[:program]  || File.basename(path) || File.basename($0)
+      tag = options[:program] || File.basename(path) || File.basename($0)
+
+      # Remove characters that can't be in a tag
+      tag = tag.gsub(%r{[: \]\[\\]+}, '-')
 
       # Make sure the tag isn't too long
       if tag.length > 32
         tag = tag[0..31]
       end
+
       @packet.tag = tag
     end