BEGIN { OFS = Msg_fs ? Msg_fs : "|" Kfs = Key_fs ? Key_fs : ":" } function msg_out_ok_alert(priority, subject, body, key, val) { # priority : "low" | "med" | "hi" # subject : string without spaces # body : anything key = "alert" Kfs priority Kfs subject val = body msg_out_ok(key, val) } function msg_out_ok(key, val) { msg_out("OK", key, val, "/dev/stdout") } function msg_out_info(location, msg) { msg_out("INFO", location, msg, "/dev/stderr") } function msg_out_error(location, msg) { msg_out("ERROR", location, msg, "/dev/stderr") } function msg_out(status, key, val, channel) { print(status, Module, key, val) > channel }