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On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 at 13:59, Casper Ti. Vector <caspervector@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I gather from it that what I want is currently not possible without
> > s6-rc. Is that correct?
>
> I do not think so :)  In a nutshell, your service needs to connect its
> stdout and stderr to a pair of different loggers; that can be done by
> fd-holding and chainloading, and is how s6-rc internally implements its
> piping (well, funneling) mechanism.  However, s6-rc only connects the
> stdout, so the fd-holder needs an amount of additional configuration
> whether you use s6-rc or not; that amount will be a bit big without
> s6-rc, but it is surely doable and even scriptable.

Aha! Implementing such a mechanism (outside of s6-rc) could be an
interesting exercise.

However, I believe that the proposals Jan posted would be sufficient
for my needs.