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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000
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Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
index 4be715a..4e493d2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ This functionality was added for the ease of configuration
(e.g. it is possible to cut-and-paste into
.Pa syslog.conf
),
-and to avoid possible mistakes. This change however preserves
+and to avoid possible mistakes.
+This change however preserves
backwards compatibility with the old style of the
.Pa syslog.conf
(i.e. tab characters only).
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ values specified to the
.Xr syslog 3
library routine.
.Pp
-Each block of lines is separated from the previous block by a tag. The tag
+Each block of lines is separated from the previous block by a tag.
+The tag
is a line beginning with
.Em #!prog
or
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ or
.Pa syslog.conf
files, for example)
and each block will be associated with calls to syslog from that specific
-program. A tag for ``foo'' will also match any message logged by the kernel
+program.
+A tag for ``foo'' will also match any message logged by the kernel
with the prefix ``foo: ''.
.Pp
See
@@ -153,11 +156,13 @@ for a further descriptions of both the
.Em facility
and
.Em level
-keywords and their significance. It's preferred that selections be made on
+keywords and their significance.
+It's preferred that selections be made on
.Em facility
rather than
.Em program ,
-since the latter can easily vary in a networked environment. In some cases,
+since the latter can easily vary in a networked environment.
+In some cases,
though, an appropriate
.Em facility
simply doesn't exist.
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