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diff --git a/lib/umberlog.rst b/lib/umberlog.rst index c3cdcb8..4d3a9e6 100644 --- a/lib/umberlog.rst +++ b/lib/umberlog.rst @@ -93,10 +93,7 @@ of these functions will also add a few automatically discovered fields into the payload: *pid* - The process ID of the program, as returned by **getpid()** The value - of this is - by default - determined at the time of calling - **ul_openlog()**, but if caching is disabled, it will be rechecked - every time. + The process ID of the program, as returned by **getpid()**. *facility*, *priority* The syslog facility and priority as a text string. @@ -105,18 +102,21 @@ into the payload: The identification set at the time of **ul_openlog()**. *uid*, *gid* - The user and group ID of the process, determined at **ul_openlog()** - time by default, unless caching is disabled. + The user and group ID of the process. *host* - The name of the originating host, determined at **ul_openlog()** - time by default, using **gethostname()**. + The name of the originating host. *timestamp* + High-precision timestamp, in textual format. Included by default, - but can be controlled by the **LOG_UL_NOTIME** option flag at - **ul_openlog()** time. + but can be disabled by adding the **LOG_UL_NOTIME** flag to a + **ul_set_log_flags()** call. +If caching is disabled (see **LOG_UL_NOCACHE** below), the *pid*, +*uid*, *gid*, and *host* fields will be regenerated for every log +message, otherwise they're cached for as long as possible. + EXTRA OPTION FLAGS ================== |