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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2007-07-04 07:58:31 +0000
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2007-07-04 07:58:31 +0000
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added a few links for easier reading
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diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html
index 5fc3e387..b4735d57 100644
--- a/doc/manual.html
+++ b/doc/manual.html
@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@ advanced features</a> make it suitable for enterprise-class,
<a href="rsyslog_stunnel.html">encryption protected syslog</a>
relay chains while at the same time being very easy to setup
for the novice user.</p>
-<p>Visit the <a href="status.html">rsyslog status page</a> to obtain current
+<p><b>Visit the <i> <a href="status.html">rsyslog status page</a></i></b> to obtain current
version information and ports. <b>If you like rsyslog, you might want to lend us
a helping hand. </b>It doesn't require a lot of time - even a single mouse click
helps. Learn <a href="how2help.html">how to help the rsyslog project</a>.</p>
<p><b>Follow the links below for the</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="rsyslogd.man.txt">rsyslogd man page</a>
-<li><a href="rsyslog_conf.html">configuration file syntax (rsyslog.conf)</a>
-<li>a commented <a href="sample.conf.html">sample rsyslog.conf</a>
+<li><a href="rsyslog_conf.html">configuration file syntax (rsyslog.conf)</a><li> <a href="property_replacer.html">property replacer, an important core component</a><li>a commented <a href="sample.conf.html">sample rsyslog.conf</a>
<li><a href="bugs.html">rsyslog bug list</a><li><a href="rsyslog_packages.html"> rsyslog packages</a><li><a href="generic_design.html">backgrounder on generic syslog application design</a></ul>
<p><b>We have some in-depth papers on</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="install.html">installing rsyslog</a></li> <li><a href="ipv6.html">rsyslog and IPv6</a> (which is fully supported)</li>
<li><a href="rsyslog_stunnel.html">ssl-encrypting syslog with stunnel</a></li>
<li><a href="rsyslog_mysql.html">writing syslog messages to MySQL</a></li>
- <li><a href="rsyslog_php_syslog_ng.html">using php-syslog-ng with rsyslog</a></li> <li><a href="rsyslog_recording_pri.html">recording the syslog priority (severity and facility) to the log file</a></li>
+ <li><a href="rsyslog_php_syslog_ng.html">using php-syslog-ng with rsyslog</a></li> <li><a href="rsyslog_recording_pri.html">recording the syslog priority (severity and facility) to the log file</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article19.phtml">preserving syslog sender over NAT</a> (online only)</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, there is an article from Dennis Olvany on
<a href="rsyslog084-freebsd5.4.txt">Syslog-to-SQL with rsyslog-0.8.4 on FreeBSD 5.4</a>
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html
index 977301e4..504eeca5 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf.html
@@ -408,7 +408,14 @@ name. Thus, the selector line for our dynamic file name would look as follows:</
<code>*.* ?DynFile</code>
</p>
<p>That's all you need to do. Rsyslog will now automatically generate file names
-for you and store the right messages into the right files.</p>
+for you and store the right messages into the right files. Please note that the
+minus sign also works with dynamic file name selectors. Thus, to avoid syncing,
+you may use</p>
+<p align="center">
+<code>*.* -?DynFile</code></p>
+<p>And of course you can use templates to specify the output format:</p>
+<p align="center">
+<code>*.* ?DynFile;MyTemplate</code></p>
<p><b>A word of caution:</b> rsyslog creates files as needed. So if a new host
is using your syslog server, rsyslog will automatically create a new file for
it. <b>However, directories are never created</b>. So if you use a dynamic