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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2005-08-05 15:32:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2005-08-05 15:32:12 +0000 |
| commit | 9711630f0aa4cbe2afe41bc2091bb7d97c94e2cb (patch) | |
| tree | ef1d06aeef05cd5d0a9bc75bbf11821452fe6c29 /rsyslog.conf.5 | |
| parent | 634ec7424c78ba05d850de122c4d4894e6924ea4 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/rsyslog.conf.5 b/rsyslog.conf.5 index 0077ec9d..0de1c7fc 100644 --- a/rsyslog.conf.5 +++ b/rsyslog.conf.5 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. .\" -.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "2005-07-20" "Version 0.9" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "2005-08-08" "Version 0.9.6" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(8) configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -709,23 +709,6 @@ actual table that is updated is specified within the template (which contains the insert statement). The template is called "dbtemplate" in this case. -.SH CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX DIFFERENCES -.B Rsyslogd -uses a slightly different syntax for its configuration file than -the original BSD sources. Originally all messages of a specific priority -and above were forwarded to the log file. The modifiers ``='', ``!'' -and ``-'' were added to make -.B rsyslogd -more flexible and to use it in a more intuitive manner. - -The original BSD rsyslogd doesn't understand spaces as separators between -the selector and the action field. - -When compared to syslogd from sysklogd package, -.B rsyslogd -offers template support. For obvious reasons, the syntax for -template definitions is available in rsyslogd, only. The same -applies to the write database action. .SH FILES .PD 0 .TP @@ -733,14 +716,6 @@ applies to the write database action. Configuration file for .B rsyslogd -.SH BUGS -The effects of multiple selectors are sometimes not intuitive. For -example ``mail.crit,*.err'' will select ``mail'' facility messages at -the level of ``err'' or higher, not at the level of ``crit'' or -higher. - -This is an early release. So be sure to check the file BUGS that came with -the package for all the fun it offers ;) .SH SEE ALSO .BR syslogd (8), .BR logger (1), @@ -751,3 +726,9 @@ The .B rsyslogd is taken from sysklogd sources, which have been heavily modified by Rainer Gerhards (rgerhards@adiscon.com) and others. + +.SH MORE INFORMATION +The documentation has grown in size. Thus, this man page lists only the most +important facts. The full documentation is available in html format in the doc +folder of the rsyslog files or online at +http://www.rsyslog.com/doc |