add cmdline support for log_dir

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af1f8ea..18960f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ Additional usage details can be found with the -h option:
       -s STATE_DIR, --state-dir=STATE_DIR
                             Where to store the logtail state file.  Default
                             location /var/run
+      -l LOG_DIR, --log-dir=LOG_DIR
+                            Where to store the logster logfile.  Default
+                            location /var/log/logster
       -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
                             Where to send metrics (can specify multiple times).
                             Choices are 'graphite', 'ganglia', or 'stdout'.
diff --git a/bin/logster b/bin/logster
index bd77b43..2b8be2e 100755
--- a/bin/logster
+++ b/bin/logster
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ cmdline.add_option('--graphite-host', action='store',
                     help='Hostname and port for Graphite collector, e.g. graphite.example.com:2003')
 cmdline.add_option('--state-dir', '-s', action='store', default=state_dir,
                     help='Where to store the logtail state file.  Default location %s' % state_dir)
+cmdline.add_option('--log-dir', '-l', action='store', default=log_dir,
+                    help='Where to store the logster logfile.  Default location %s' % log_dir)
 cmdline.add_option('--output', '-o', action='append',
                    choices=('graphite', 'ganglia', 'stdout'),
                    help="Where to send metrics (can specify multiple times). Choices are 'graphite', 'ganglia', or 'stdout'.")
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ if 'graphite' in options.output and not options.graphite_host:
 class_name = arguments[0]
 log_file   = arguments[1]
 state_dir  = options.state_dir
+log_dir    = options.log_dir
 logtail    = options.logtail