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author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-11-18 12:05:51 +0100 |
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committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2008-11-18 12:05:51 +0100 |
commit | 599133164d93afb0dab792dadb8f5d6bc3d68a3f (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html index 1d09d460..e208755d 100644 --- a/doc/manual.html +++ b/doc/manual.html @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ the links below for the</b><br></p><ul> <li><a href="rsyslog_conf.html">configuration file syntax (rsyslog.conf)</a></li> <li><a href="/tool-regex">a regular expression checker/generator tool for rsyslog</a></li> <li> <a href="property_replacer.html">property replacer, an important core component</a></li> -<li>a commented <a href="sample.conf.html">sample rsyslog.conf</a></li> +<li><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/tool-regex">a regular expression checker/generator tool for rsyslog</a></li> +<li>a commented <a href="sample.conf.html">sample rsyslog.conf</a> </li> <li><a href="bugs.html">rsyslog bug list</a></li> <li><a href="rsyslog_packages.html"> rsyslog packages</a></li> <li><a href="generic_design.html">backgrounder on diff --git a/doc/property_replacer.html b/doc/property_replacer.html index 9ea41aed..baf053f2 100644 --- a/doc/property_replacer.html +++ b/doc/property_replacer.html @@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ the full field if no match is found: <p>%msg:R,ERE,1,FIELD:for (vlan[0-9]*):--end% <p>and this takes the first submatch of the second match of said expression: <p>%msg:R,ERE,1,FIELD,1:for (vlan[0-9]*):--end% +<p><b>Please note: there is also a +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/tool-regex">rsyslog regular expression checker/generator</a> +online tool available.</b> With that tool, you can check your regular expressions and +also generate a valid property replacer sequence. Usage of this tool is recommended. +Depending on the version offered, the tool may not cover all subleties that can +be done with the property replacer. It concentrates on the most often used cases. So it +is still useful to hand-craft expressions for demanding environments. <p><b>Also, extraction can be done based on so-called "fields"</b>. To do so, place a "F" into FromChar. A field in its current definition is anything that is delimited by a delimiter @@ -387,6 +394,10 @@ Useful for secure pathname generation (with dynafiles). </tr> </tbody> </table> +<p>To use multiple options, simply place them one after each other with a comma delmimiting +them. For example "escape-cc,sp-if-no-1st-sp". If you use conflicting options together, +the last one will override the previous one. For example, using "escape-cc,drop-cc" will +use drop-cc and "drop-cc,escape-cc" will use escape-cc mode. <h2>Further Links</h2> <ul> <li>Article on "<a href="rsyslog_recording_pri.html">Recording |