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-rw-r--r--doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html20
-rw-r--r--doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html3
-rw-r--r--doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html2
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html
index 190b24cb..51edf033 100644
--- a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html
+++ b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Channels to achieve this. Putting the following directive</p>
# outchannel definiation
$outchannel log_rotation,/var/log/log_rotation.log, 52428800,/home/me/./log_rotation_script
# activate the channel and log everything to it
-*.* $log_rotation
+*.* :omfile:$log_rotation
# end log rotation via outchannel
</pre></p>
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html
index 6020dd88..2e2293ce 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ definition. If you do this, the action will be ignored.</p>
more precisely a single filter of such a selector line). Each action
must be on its own line and the line must start with an ampersand
('&amp;') character and have no filters. An example would be</p>
-<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br>
+<p><code><b>*.=crit :omusrmsg:rger<br>
&amp; root<br>
&amp; /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p>
<p>These three lines send critical messages to the user rger and
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ actions per selector is</b> convenient and also <b>offers
a performance benefit</b>. As the filter needs to be evaluated
only once, there is less computation required to process the directive
compared to the otherwise-equal config directives below:</p>
-<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br>
+<p><code><b>*.=crit :omusrmsg:rger<br>
*.=crit root<br>
*.=crit /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
@@ -211,13 +211,19 @@ sysklogd,"&lt;%PRI%&gt;%TIMESTAMP% %syslogtag%%msg%\""<br>
<h3>List of Users</h3>
<p>Usually critical messages are also directed to "root'' on
that machine. You can specify a list of users that shall get the
-message by simply writing the login. You may specify more than one user
-by separating them with commas (",''). If they're logged in they get
-the message. Don't think a mail would be sent, that might be too late.</p>
+message by simply writing ":omusrmsg: followed by the login name. For example,
+the send messages to root, use ":omusrmsg:root".
+You may specify more than one user
+by separating them with commas (",''). Do not repeat the ":omusrmsg:" prefix in
+this case. For example, to send data to users root and rger, use
+":omusrmsg:root,rger" (do not use ":omusrmsg:root,:omusrmsg:rger", this is invalid).
+If they're logged in they get
+the message.</p>
<h3>Everyone logged on</h3>
<p>Emergency messages often go to all users currently online to
notify them that something strange is happening with the system. To
-specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk ("*'').</p>
+specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk as the user message
+destination(":omusrmsg:*'').</p>
<h3>Call Plugin</h3>
<p>This is a generic way to call an output plugin. The plugin
must support this functionality. Actual parameters depend on the
@@ -331,7 +337,7 @@ what you can do with it, see "TEMPLATES" at the top of this document.</p>
[<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 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and
+Copyright &copy; 2008-2011 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 2 or higher.</font></p>
</body>
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
index b58ae9c2..9d06a497 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ default may change as uniprocessor systems become less common. [available since
<li>$PreserveFQDN [on/<b>off</b>) - if set to off (legacy default to remain compatible
to sysklogd), the domain part from a name that is within the same domain as the receiving
system is stripped. If set to on, full names are always used.</li>
-<li>$WorkDirectory &lt;name&gt; (directory for spool and other work files)</li>
+<li>$WorkDirectory &lt;name&gt; (directory for spool and other work files.
+Do <b>not</b> use trailing slashes)</li>
<li>$UDPServerAddress &lt;IP&gt; (imudp) -- local IP
address (or name) the UDP listens should bind to</li>
<li>$UDPServerRun &lt;port&gt; (imudp) -- former
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html
index c52aaa5e..426f2f27 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ does not activate it. To do so, you must use a selector line (see
below). That selector line includes the channel name plus an $ sign in
front of it. A sample might be:<br>
<br>
-*.* $mychannel<br>
+*.* :omfile:$mychannel<br>
<br>
In its current form, output channels primarily provide the ability to
size-limit an output file. To do so, specify a maximum size. When this