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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2011-07-11 10:48:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2011-07-11 10:48:33 +0200 |
| commit | ad296ff1be9045bfa2da7a1ab304f31f2366bc6b (patch) | |
| tree | a6a3e6d7226a9b93f52aba50f6413c02b17470ca /doc | |
| parent | 88fdb0c5ef6a34d28b358c9a50a6b172e25c4ee4 (diff) | |
| parent | a9933094b20d70da1641d80bb723e2570b937c36 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'v5-stable' into v5-devel
Conflicts:
ChangeLog
configure.ac
doc/manual.html
runtime/rsyslog.h
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/v4compatibility.html | 19 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html index 190b24cb..51edf033 100644 --- a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html +++ b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Channels to achieve this. Putting the following directive</p> # outchannel definiation $outchannel log_rotation,/var/log/log_rotation.log, 52428800,/home/me/./log_rotation_script # activate the channel and log everything to it -*.* $log_rotation +*.* :omfile:$log_rotation # end log rotation via outchannel </pre></p> diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html index c52aaa5e..426f2f27 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ does not activate it. To do so, you must use a selector line (see below). That selector line includes the channel name plus an $ sign in front of it. A sample might be:<br> <br> -*.* $mychannel<br> +*.* :omfile:$mychannel<br> <br> In its current form, output channels primarily provide the ability to size-limit an output file. To do so, specify a maximum size. When this diff --git a/doc/v4compatibility.html b/doc/v4compatibility.html index 5d877af1..72b0f5a9 100644 --- a/doc/v4compatibility.html +++ b/doc/v4compatibility.html @@ -74,4 +74,23 @@ So it is a good idea to become ready for the new version now and also enjoy some benefits of the "real restart", like the better error-reporting capability. <p>Note that code complexity reduction (and thus performance improvement) needs the restart-type HUP code to be removed, so these changes can (and will) only happen in version 5. +<h2>outchannels</h2> +Note: as always documented, outchannels are an experimental feature that may be +removed and/or changed in the future. +There is one concrete change done starting with 4.6.7: let's assume an +outchannel "mychannel" was defined. Then, this channel could be used inside an +<code> +*.* $mychannel +</code> +This is still supported and will remain to be supported in v4. However, there is +a new variant which explicitely tells this is to be handled by omfile. This new +syntax is as follows: +<code> +*.* :omfile:$mychannel +</code> +Note that future versions, specifically starting with v6, the older syntax is no +longer supported. So users are strongly advised to switch to the new syntax. As an +aid to the conversion process, rsyslog 4.7.4 and above issue a warning message +if the old-style directive is seen -- but still accept the old syntax without +any problems. </body></html> |