# Re: Ruby syslog extension not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-syslog-extension-not-working/66509>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 26, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-syslog-extension-not-working/66509 "2006-08-26T12:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-syslog-extension-not-working/66509/1 "2006-08-26T12:50:14Z")

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> error:

There is no syslog on Windows. There is the EventLog, for which you can  
use win32-eventlog. However, it is not really designed for the general  
purpose logging that syslog is. It’s more or less intended to log  
critical events for specific applications.

For general logging I always use Logger, part of the stdlib.

Regards,

Dan

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