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diff --git a/doc/property_replacer.html b/doc/property_replacer.html index ad3ae552..f666fb76 100644 --- a/doc/property_replacer.html +++ b/doc/property_replacer.html @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ BSD syslogd. For example, when TAG is "named[12345]", programname is "syslog.info")</td> </tr> <tr> -<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">iut</span></td> +<td><b>iut</b></td> <td>the monitorware InfoUnitType - used when talking to a <a href="http://www.monitorware.com">MonitorWare</a> backend (also for <a href="http://www.phplogcon.org/">phpLogCon</a>)</td> @@ -138,10 +138,26 @@ draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td> draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td> </tr> <tr> -<td height="24"><b>msgid</b></td> -<td height="24">The contents of the MSGID field from +<td><b>msgid</b></td> +<td>The contents of the MSGID field from IETF draft draft-ietf-syslog-protocol</td> </tr> +<td><b>inputname</b></td> +<td>The name of the input module that generated the +message (e.g. "imuxsock", "imudp"). Note that not all modules +necessarily provide this property. If not provided, it is an +empty string. Also note that the input module may provide +any value of its liking. Most importantly, it is <b>not</b> +necessarily the module input name. Internal sources can also +provide inputnames. Currently, "rsyslogd" is defined as inputname +for messages internally generated by rsyslogd, for example startup +and shutdown and error messages. +This property is considered useful when trying to filter messages +based on where they originated - e.g. locally generated messages +("rsyslogd", "imuxsock", "imklog") should go to a different place +than messages generated somewhere. +</td> +</tr> <tr> <td><b>$now</b></td> <td>The current date stamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD</td> @@ -177,6 +193,11 @@ range from 0 to 3 (for the four quater hours that are in each hour)</td> <td><b>$minute</b></td> <td>The current minute (2-digit)</td> </tr> +<tr> +<td><b>$myhostname</b></td> +<td>The name of the current host as it knows itself (probably useful +for filtering in a generic way)</td> +</tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Properties starting with a $-sign are so-called system |