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@@ -79,8 +79,17 @@ default, it is usually well-chosen and applicable in most cases.</p>
execute action only if the last execute is at last
&lt;seconds&gt; seconds in the past (more info in <a href="ommail.html">ommail</a>,
but may be used with any action)</li>
-<li>$ActionFileDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a new
-default template for file actions</li>
+<li>$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTime &lt;number&gt; - If configured, the next action will
+only be executed every n-th time. For example, if configured to 3, the first two messages
+that go into the action will be dropped, the 3rd will actually cause the action to execute,
+the 4th and 5th will be dropped, the 6th executed under the action, ... and so on. Note:
+this setting is automatically re-set when the actual action is defined.</li>
+<li>$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTimeTimeout &lt;number-of-seconds&gt; - has a meaning only if
+$ActionExecOnlyEveryNthTime is also configured for the same action. If so, the timeout
+setting specifies after which period the counting of "previous actions" expires and
+a new action count is begun. Specify 0 (the default) to disable timeouts.:w
+
+<li>$ActionFileDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a new default template for file actions</li>
<li>$ActionFileEnableSync [on/<span style="font-weight: bold;">off</span>] - enables file
syncing capability of omfile</li>
<li>$ActionForwardDefaultTemplate [templateName] - sets a new
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@ default 60000 (1 minute)]</li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_droptrailinglfonreception.html">$DropTrailingLFOnReception</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_dynafilecachesize.html">$DynaFileCacheSize</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_escapecontrolcharactersonreceive.html">$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive</a></li>
+<li>$ErrorMessagesToStderr [<b>on</b>|off] - direct rsyslogd error message to stderr (in addition to other targets)</li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_failonchownfailure.html">$FailOnChownFailure</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_filecreatemode.html">$FileCreateMode</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_filegroup.html">$FileGroup</a></li>
@@ -787,7 +797,7 @@ administration needs.<br>
forward messages it has received from the network to another host.
Specify the "-h" option to enable this.</b></p>
<p>To forward messages to another host, prepend the hostname with
-the at sign ("@").&nbsp; A single at sign means that messages will
+the at sign ("@"). A single at sign means that messages will
be forwarded via UDP protocol (the standard for syslog). If you prepend
two at signs ("@@"), the messages will be transmitted via TCP. Please
note that plain TCP based syslog is not officially standardized, but