Patch bins to write syslog to another place other than /dev/log

patch.sh

#!/bin/sh

# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/277202/use-a-different-socket-than-dev-log-system-wide
# https://blog.daveeddy.com/2018/09/26/logging-for-runit-on-void-linux-with-svlogger/

# Define the new and old log paths
NEW_LOG_PATH="/ved/log"
OLD_LOG_PATH="/dev/log"

# Function to patch binaries
patch_binaries() {
    echo "Patching binaries to use $NEW_LOG_PATH instead of $OLD_LOG_PATH..."

    # Find and patch binaries, excluding /dev, /proc, and /sys
    find / -path /dev -prune -o -path /proc -prune -o -path /sys -prune -o -type f \( -perm -111 \) -exec sed -i --binary -e "s|$OLD_LOG_PATH|$NEW_LOG_PATH|g" {} \;

    echo "Binary patching completed."
}

# Function to patch libraries
patch_libraries() {
    echo "Patching libraries to use $NEW_LOG_PATH instead of $OLD_LOG_PATH..."

    # Find and patch libraries, excluding /dev, /proc, and /sys
    find / -path /dev -prune -o -path /proc -prune -o -path /sys -prune -o -type f \( -name 'libc-*.so' -o -name '*.so*' \) -exec sed -i --binary -e "s|$OLD_LOG_PATH|$NEW_LOG_PATH|g" {} \;

    echo "Library patching completed."
}

# Run the patching functions
patch_binaries
patch_libraries

echo "Patching process completed."