old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  '''
  Return data to the host operating system's syslog facility
  
  Required python modules: syslog, json
  
  The syslog returner simply reuses the operating system's syslog
  facility to log return data
  
  To use the syslog returner, append '--return syslog' to the salt command.
  
  .. code-block:: bash
  
      salt '*' test.ping --return syslog
  
  '''
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  # Import python libs
  import json
  try:
      import syslog
      HAS_SYSLOG = True
  except ImportError:
      HAS_SYSLOG = False
  
  # Import Salt libs
  import salt.utils.jid
  
  # Define the module's virtual name
  __virtualname__ = 'syslog'
  
  
  def __virtual__():
      if not HAS_SYSLOG:
          return False
      return __virtualname__
  
  
  def returner(ret):
      '''
      Return data to the local syslog
      '''
      syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, 'salt-minion: {0}'.format(json.dumps(ret)))
  
  
  def prep_jid(nocache=False, passed_jid=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
      '''
      Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id
      '''
      return passed_jid if passed_jid is not None else salt.utils.jid.gen_jid()
  
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  '''
  Return data to the host operating system's syslog facility
  
  Required python modules: syslog, json
  
  The syslog returner simply reuses the operating system's syslog
  facility to log return data
  
  To use the syslog returner, append '--return syslog' to the salt command.
  
  .. code-block:: bash
  
      salt '*' test.ping --return syslog
  
  '''
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  # Import python libs
  import json
  try:
      import syslog
      HAS_SYSLOG = True
  except ImportError:
      HAS_SYSLOG = False
  
  # Import Salt libs
  import salt.utils.jid
  
  # Define the module's virtual name
  __virtualname__ = 'syslog'
  
  
  def __virtual__():
      if not HAS_SYSLOG:
          return False
      return __virtualname__
  
  
  def returner(ret):
      '''
      Return data to the local syslog
      '''
      syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, '{0}'.format(json.dumps(ret)))
  
  
  def prep_jid(nocache=False, passed_jid=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
      '''
      Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id
      '''
      return passed_jid if passed_jid is not None else salt.utils.jid.gen_jid()
  
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