close to 0.9.5 - multiple instances are supported now

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/rsyslogd.8 b/rsyslogd.8
index c509c8fa..61ea7925 100644
--- a/rsyslogd.8
+++ 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 "."