diff -r 9d13b101beab -r 977442ccb72d pvl/syslog/parser.py
--- a/pvl/syslog/parser.py	Thu Jan 03 00:38:26 2013 +0200
+++ b/pvl/syslog/parser.py	Thu Jan 03 00:56:28 2013 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-"""
-    Parse syslog lines in text format.
-"""
-
 import datetime, time
 import re
 
@@ -9,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class SyslogParser (object) :
     """
-        A source of syslog items.
+        Parse syslog lines in text format, as used in logfiles/fifos.
     """
     
     # default syslogd format
@@ -23,13 +19,12 @@
 
     TIMESTAMP_FMT = '%b %d %H:%M:%S'
 
-    def __init__ (self, raw=False, prog=None) :
+    def __init__ (self, raw=False) :
         """
             Using given underlying line source.
         """
 
         self.raw = raw
-        self.prog = prog
 
     def parse_timestamp (self, match) :
         """
@@ -53,18 +48,11 @@
 
         prog = match.group('program')
 
-        if not prog :
+        if prog :
+            return prog
+        else :
             # no tag
             return None
-        
-        # normalize
-        prog = prog.lower()
-
-        if prog.startswith('/') :
-            # base
-            prog = prog.split('/')[-1]
-
-        return prog
 
     def parse (self, line) :
         """
@@ -83,7 +71,7 @@
             return dict(
                 timestamp   = datetime.datetime.now(), # XXX: None?
                 host        = None,
-                prog        = self.prog,
+                prog        = None,
                 pid         = None,
                 msg         = line,
             )
@@ -105,37 +93,6 @@
                 msg         = match.group('text'),
             )
     
-    def match_prog (self, prog) :
-        """
-            Match given prog?
-        """
-        
-        if not prog :
-            # never matches non-tagged lines
-            return False
-
-        elif self.prog.endswith('*') :
-            # prefix match
-            return prog.startswith(self.prog[:-1])
-        else :
-            return prog == self.prog
-
-
-    def filter (self, line, item) :
-        """
-            Filter given item?
-        """
-
-        if not item :
-            log.debug("empty: %r", line)
-
-        elif self.prog and not self.match_prog(item['prog']) :
-            log.debug("prog: %r", item)
-
-        else :
-            # ok
-            return True
-
     def process (self, lines) :
         """
             Yield SyslogMessages from given series of lines.
@@ -143,9 +100,8 @@
 
         for line in lines :
             item = self.parse(line)
-            
-            # filter?
-            if self.filter(line, item) :
+
+            if item :
                 yield item
 
     __call__ = process