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+<html><head><title>Basic Structure - rsyslog.conf</title></head>
+<body>
+<p>This is a part of the rsyslog.conf documentation.</p>
+<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">Back to rsyslog.conf manual</a>
+<h1>Basic Structure</h1>
+<p>Rsyslog supports standard sysklogd's configuration file format
+and extends it. So in general, you can take a "normal" syslog.conf and
+use it together with rsyslogd. It will understand everything. However,
+to use most of rsyslogd's unique features, you need to add extended
+configuration directives.</p>
+<p>Rsyslogd supports the classical, selector-based rule lines.
+They are still at the heart of it and all actions are initiated via
+rule lines. A rule lines is any line not starting with a $ or the
+comment sign (#). Lines starting with $ carry rsyslog-specific
+directives.</p>
+<p>Every rule line consists of two fields, a selector field and
+an action field. These two fields are separated by one or more spaces
+or tabs. The selector field specifies a pattern of facilities and
+priorities belonging to the specified action.<br>
+<br>
+Lines starting with a hash mark ("#'') and empty lines are ignored.
+</p>
+
+<p>[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>]
+[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf</a>]
+[<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p>
+<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the
+<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br>
+Copyright &copy; 2008-2010 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and
+<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL
+version 3 or higher.</font></p>
+</body>
+</html>
+