diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+Gemfile.lock
+.bundle
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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+source :rubygems
+
+gemspec
+
+gem 'syslog_proto', :path => '../syslog_proto'
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2011 Eric Lindvall
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Remote Syslog Logger
+
+This library providers an [ActiveSupport][] compatible logger that logs 
+directly to a remote syslogd via UDP.
+
+[ActiveSupport]: http://as.rubyonrails.org/
+
+
+# Installation
+
+The easiest way to install `remote_syslog_logger` is with RubyGems:
+
+    $ [sudo] gem install remote_syslog_logger
+
+
+# Usage
+
+
+    >> require 'remote_syslog_logger'
+    => true
+    >>
+
+
+# Source
+
+Remote Syslog Logger is available on GitHub, which can be browsed at:
+
+<http://github.com/eric/remote_syslog_logger>
+
+and cloned with:
+
+    $ git clone git://github.com/eric/remote_syslog_logger.git
+
+
+# Contributing
+
+Once you've made your great commits:
+
+ 1. [Fork][fk] `remote_syslog_logger`
+ 2. Create a topic branch - `git checkout -b my_branch`
+ 3. Push to your branch - `git push origin my_branch`
+ 4. Create a Pull Request or an [Issue][is] with a link to your branch
+ 5. That's it!
+
+You might want to checkout Resque's [Contributing][cb] wiki page for information
+on coding standards, new features, etc.
+
+
+# License
+
+Copyright (c) 2011 Eric Lindvall. See [LICENSE][] for details.
+
+
+[cb]: https://wiki.github.com/defunkt/resque/contributing
+[fk]: http://help.github.com/forking/
+[is]: https://github.com/eric/remote_syslog_logger/issues
+[LICENSE]: https://github.com/eric/remote_syslog_logger/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+require 'date'
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Helper functions
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+def name
+  @name ||= Dir['*.gemspec'].first.split('.').first
+end
+
+def version
+  line = File.read("lib/#{name}.rb")[/^\s*VERSION\s*=\s*.*/]
+  line.match(/.*VERSION\s*=\s*['"](.*)['"]/)[1]
+end
+
+def date
+  Date.today.to_s
+end
+
+def rubyforge_project
+  name
+end
+
+def gemspec_file
+  "#{name}.gemspec"
+end
+
+def gem_file
+  "#{name}-#{version}.gem"
+end
+
+def replace_header(head, header_name)
+  head.sub!(/(\.#{header_name}\s*= ').*'/) { "#{$1}#{send(header_name)}'"}
+end
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Standard tasks
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+task :default => :test
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
+end
+
+desc "Generate RCov test coverage and open in your browser"
+task :coverage do
+  require 'rcov'
+  sh "rm -fr coverage"
+  sh "rcov test/test_*.rb"
+  sh "open coverage/index.html"
+end
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title = "#{name} #{version}"
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
+
+desc "Open an irb session preloaded with this library"
+task :console do
+  sh "irb -rubygems -r ./lib/#{name}.rb"
+end
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Custom tasks (add your own tasks here)
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+
+
+#############################################################################
+#
+# Packaging tasks
+#
+#############################################################################
+
+desc "Create tag v#{version} and build and push #{gem_file} to Rubygems"
+task :release => :build do
+  unless `git branch` =~ /^\* master$/
+    puts "You must be on the master branch to release!"
+    exit!
+  end
+  sh "git commit --allow-empty -a -m 'Release #{version}'"
+  sh "git tag v#{version}"
+  sh "git push origin master"
+  sh "git push origin v#{version}"
+  sh "gem push pkg/#{name}-#{version}.gem"
+end
+
+desc "Build #{gem_file} into the pkg directory"
+task :build => :gemspec do
+  sh "mkdir -p pkg"
+  sh "gem build #{gemspec_file}"
+  sh "mv #{gem_file} pkg"
+end
+
+desc "Generate #{gemspec_file}"
+task :gemspec => :validate do
+  # read spec file and split out manifest section
+  spec = File.read(gemspec_file)
+  head, manifest, tail = spec.split("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+
+  # replace name version and date
+  replace_header(head, :name)
+  replace_header(head, :version)
+  replace_header(head, :date)
+  #comment this out if your rubyforge_project has a different name
+  replace_header(head, :rubyforge_project)
+
+  # determine file list from git ls-files
+  files = `git ls-files`.
+    split("\n").
+    sort.
+    reject { |file| file =~ /^\./ }.
+    reject { |file| file =~ /^(rdoc|pkg)/ }.
+    map { |file| "    #{file}" }.
+    join("\n")
+
+  # piece file back together and write
+  manifest = "  s.files = %w[\n#{files}\n  ]\n"
+  spec = [head, manifest, tail].join("  # = MANIFEST =\n")
+  File.open(gemspec_file, 'w') { |io| io.write(spec) }
+  puts "Updated #{gemspec_file}"
+end
+
+desc "Validate #{gemspec_file}"
+task :validate do
+  libfiles = Dir['lib/*'] - ["lib/#{name}.rb", "lib/#{name}"]
+  unless libfiles.empty?
+    puts "Directory `lib` should only contain a `#{name}.rb` file and `#{name}` dir."
+    exit!
+  end
+  unless Dir['VERSION*'].empty?
+    puts "A `VERSION` file at root level violates Gem best practices."
+    exit!
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/remote_syslog_logger.rb b/lib/remote_syslog_logger.rb
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+
+require 'remote_syslog_logger/udp_sender'
+require 'logger'
+
+module RemoteSyslogLogger
+  VERSION = '1.0.0'
+
+  def self.new(remote_hostname, remote_port, options = {})
+    Logger.new(RemoteSyslogLogger::UdpSender.new(remote_hostname, remote_port, options))
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/remote_syslog_logger/udp_sender.rb b/lib/remote_syslog_logger/udp_sender.rb
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+require 'socket'
+require 'syslog_proto'
+
+module RemoteSyslogLogger
+  class UdpSender
+    def initialize(remote_hostname, remote_port, options = {})
+      @remote_hostname = remote_hostname
+      @remote_port     = remote_port
+      
+      @socket = UDPSocket.new
+      @packet = SyslogProto::Packet.new
+
+      local_hostname   = options[:local_hostname] || (Socket.gethostname rescue `hostname`.chomp)
+      local_hostname   = 'localhost' if local_hostname.nil? || local_hostname.empty?
+      @packet.hostname = local_hostname
+
+      @packet.facility = options[:facility] || 'user'
+      @packet.severity = options[:severity] || 'notice'
+      @packet.tag      = options[:program]  || "#{File.basename($0)}[#{$$}]"
+    end
+    
+    def transmit(message)
+      packet = @packet.dup
+      packet.content = message
+      @socket.send(packet.assemble, 0, @remote_hostname, @remote_port)
+    end
+    
+    # Make this act a little bit like an `IO` object
+    alias_method :write, :transmit
+    
+    def close
+      @socket.close
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/remote_syslog_logger.gemspec b/remote_syslog_logger.gemspec
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+## This is the rakegem gemspec template. Make sure you read and understand
+## all of the comments. Some sections require modification, and others can
+## be deleted if you don't need them. Once you understand the contents of
+## this file, feel free to delete any comments that begin with two hash marks.
+## You can find comprehensive Gem::Specification documentation, at
+## http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.specification_version = 2 if s.respond_to? :specification_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
+
+  ## Leave these as is they will be modified for you by the rake gemspec task.
+  ## If your rubyforge_project name is different, then edit it and comment out
+  ## the sub! line in the Rakefile
+  s.name              = 'remote_syslog_logger'
+  s.version           = '1.0.0'
+  s.date              = '2011-03-27'
+  # s.rubyforge_project = 'NAME'
+
+  ## Make sure your summary is short. The description may be as long
+  ## as you like.
+  s.summary     = "Short description used in Gem listings."
+  s.description = "Long description. Maybe copied from the README."
+
+  ## List the primary authors. If there are a bunch of authors, it's probably
+  ## better to set the email to an email list or something. If you don't have
+  ## a custom homepage, consider using your GitHub URL or the like.
+  s.authors  = ["Eric Lindvall"]
+  s.email    = 'eric@5stops.com'
+  s.homepage = 'http://github.com/eric/remote_syslog_logger'
+
+  ## This gets added to the $LOAD_PATH so that 'lib/NAME.rb' can be required as
+  ## require 'NAME.rb' or'/lib/NAME/file.rb' can be as require 'NAME/file.rb'
+  s.require_paths = %w[lib]
+
+  ## This sections is only necessary if you have C extensions.
+  # s.require_paths << 'ext'
+  # s.extensions = %w[ext/extconf.rb]
+
+  ## If your gem includes any executables, list them here.
+  # s.executables = ["name"]
+  # s.default_executable = 'name'
+
+  ## Specify any RDoc options here. You'll want to add your README and
+  ## LICENSE files to the extra_rdoc_files list.
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = %w[README LICENSE]
+
+  ## List your runtime dependencies here. Runtime dependencies are those
+  ## that are needed for an end user to actually USE your code.
+  s.add_dependency('syslog_proto')
+
+  ## List your development dependencies here. Development dependencies are
+  ## those that are only needed during development
+  # s.add_development_dependency('DEVDEPNAME', [">= 1.1.0", "< 2.0.0"])
+
+  ## Leave this section as-is. It will be automatically generated from the
+  ## contents of your Git repository via the gemspec task. DO NOT REMOVE
+  ## THE MANIFEST COMMENTS, they are used as delimiters by the task.
+  # = MANIFEST =
+  s.files = %w[]
+  # = MANIFEST =
+
+  ## Test files will be grabbed from the file list. Make sure the path glob
+  ## matches what you actually use.
+  s.test_files = s.files.select { |path| path =~ /^test\/test_.*\.rb/ }
+end
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
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+$:.unshift File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)
+
+unless ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE']
+  require 'rubygems'
+  require 'bundler'
+  Bundler.setup
+  Bundler.require
+end
+
+require 'remote_syslog_logger'
+
+require 'test/unit'
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diff --git a/test/test_remote_syslog_logger.rb b/test/test_remote_syslog_logger.rb
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+require File.expand_path('../helper', __FILE__)
+
+class TestRemoteSyslogLogger < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @server_port = rand(50000) + 1024
+    @socket = UDPSocket.new
+    @socket.bind('127.0.0.1', @server_port)
+  end
+  
+  def test_logger
+    @logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new('127.0.0.1', @server_port)
+    @logger.info "This is a test"
+    
+    message, addr = *@socket.recvfrom(1024)
+    puts message
+    assert_match /This is a test/, message
+  end
+end
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