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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2005-08-01 13:47:30 +0000
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2005-08-01 13:47:30 +0000
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close to 0.9.5 - multiple instances are supported now
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+++ b/rsyslogd.8
@@ -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 "25 July 2005" "Version 0.9.4" "Linux System Administration"
+.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "01 August 2005" "Version 0.9.5" "Linux System Administration"
.SH NAME
rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd
.I config file
]
.RB [ " \-h " ]
+.RB [ " \-i "
+.I pid file
+]
.RB [ " \-l "
.I hostlist
]
@@ -21,14 +24,15 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd
.I interval
]
.RB [ " \-n " ]
+.RB [ " \-o " ]
.RB [ " \-p"
.IB socket
]
.RB [ " \-r " ]
+.br
.RB [ " \-s "
.I domainlist
]
-.br
.RB [ " \-t "
.I port
]
@@ -115,6 +119,11 @@ Specifying this switch on the command line will cause the log daemon to
forward any remote messages it receives to forwarding hosts which have been
defined.
.TP
+.BI "\-i " "pid file"
+Specify an alternative pid file instead of the default one.
+This option must be used if multiple instances of rsyslogd should
+run on a single machine.
+.TP
.BI "\-l " "hostlist"
Specify a hostname that should be logged only with its simple hostname
and not the fqdn. Multiple hosts may be specified using the colon
@@ -142,6 +151,11 @@ Avoid auto-backgrounding. This is needed especially if the
is started and controlled by
.BR init (8).
.TP
+.B "\-o"
+Omit reading the standard local log socket. This option is most
+useful for running multiple instances of rsyslogd on a single
+machine. When specified, no local log socket is opened at all.
+.TP
.BI "\-p " "socket"
You can specify an alternative unix domain socket instead of
.IR /dev/log "."