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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_file_syntax_differences.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_file_syntax_differences.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bfac8926 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_file_syntax_differences.html @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>Configuration File Syntax Differences - 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>Configuration File Syntax Differences</h1> +<p>Rsyslogd uses a slightly different syntax for its +configuration file than the original BSD sources. Originally all +messages of a specific priority and above were forwarded to the log +file. The modifiers "='', "!'' and "!-'' were added to make rsyslogd +more flexible and to use it in a more intuitive manner.<br> +<br> +The original BSD syslogd doesn't understand spaces as separators +between the selector and the action field.<br> +<br> +When compared to syslogd from sysklogd package, rsyslogd offers +additional +<a href="features.html">features</a> (like template +and database support). For obvious reasons, the syntax for defining +such features is available in rsyslogd, only.</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 © 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> + |