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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-02-16 17:37:23 +0000
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-02-16 17:37:23 +0000
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improved man page a bit for the novice user
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@@ -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