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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000 |
commit | b2240fc1c08ba82628285458b057b5f795a68a43 (patch) | |
tree | 5acb2bdc9bc2d2c26e220a424cc6f0b29df60dec /usr.sbin/syslogd | |
parent | 3197c29bd1de99eb5100db75bfb4d651f6878fa7 (diff) | |
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Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality
of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide
bad examples for new-comers to mdoc.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 3 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
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. diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index 52b7f4c..78de545 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ list. .Pp The log socket was moved from .Pa /dev -to ease the use of a read-only root filesystem. This may confuse +to ease the use of a read-only root filesystem. +This may confuse some old binaries so that a symbolic link might be used for a transitional period. |