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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-02-16 17:37:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-02-16 17:37:23 +0000 |
| commit | 5bc9673426a435e50adf4588e95f297d135e89c3 (patch) | |
| tree | c8e94f0ea72c98e1462ed4f96b8e5cdbdaed86ea | |
| parent | 2a1b4a45e00140c0c83799d20014161dc7b67703 (diff) | |
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improved man page a bit for the novice user
| -rw-r--r-- | rsyslogd.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2004-2005 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" -.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "11 December 2008" "Version 1.20.1 (devel)" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "16 February 2008" "Version 3.11.3 (devel)" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -239,8 +239,15 @@ using the following: kill -SIGNAL `cat /var/run/rsyslogd.pid` .fi .PP +Note that -SIGNAL must be replaced with the actual signal +you are trying to send, e.g. with SIGHUP. So it then becomes: +.IP +.nf +kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/rsyslogd.pid` +.fi +.PP .TP -.B SIGHUP +.B HUP This lets .B rsyslogd perform a re-initialization. All open files are closed, the @@ -565,12 +572,4 @@ Adiscon GmbH Grossrinderfeld, Germany .TP rgerhards@adiscon.com - -.TP -Michael Meckelein -.TP -Adiscon GmbH -.TP -mmeckelein@adiscon.com .PD -.zZ |