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diff --git a/tools/rsyslogd.8 b/tools/rsyslogd.8 index 6ac30e46..36f29769 100644 --- a/tools/rsyslogd.8 +++ b/tools/rsyslogd.8 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2004-2008 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" -.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "29 July 2008" "Version 3.21.1" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "16 October 2012" "Version 6.4.3" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ the error element is ignored. It is tried to parse the rest of the line. .LP .SH OPTIONS -.B Note that in version 3 of rsyslog a number of command line options -.B have been deprecated and replaced with config file directives. The -.B -c option controls the backward compatibility mode in use. .TP .BI "\-A" When sending UDP messages, there are potentially multiple paths to @@ -123,26 +120,9 @@ If neither -4 nor -6 is given, listens to all configured addresses of the system. .TP .BI "\-c " "version" -Selects the desired backward compatibility mode. It must always be the -first option on the command line, as it influences processing of the -other options. To use the rsyslog v3 native interface, specify -c3. To -use compatibility mode , either do not use -c at all or use --c<version> where -.IR version -is the rsyslog version that it shall be -compatible with. Using -c0 tells rsyslog to be command-line compatible -to sysklogd, which is the default if -c is not given. -.B Please note that rsyslogd issues warning messages if the -c3 -.B command line option is not given. -This is to alert you that your are running in compatibility -mode. Compatibility mode interferes with your rsyslog.conf commands and -may cause some undesired side-effects. It is meant to be used with a -plain old rsyslog.conf - if you use new features, things become -messy. So the best advice is to work through this document, convert -your options and config file and then use rsyslog in native mode. In -order to aid you in this process, rsyslog logs every -compatibility-mode config file directive it has generated. So you can -simply copy them from your logfile and paste them to the config. +This option has been obsolted and has no function any longer. It is still +accepted in order not to break existing scripts. However, future versions +may not support it. .TP .B "\-d" Turns on debug mode. Using this the daemon will not proceed a |