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diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html index 2ef3f4b0..6020dd88 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html @@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ compared to the otherwise-equal config directives below:</p> *.=crit /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p> <p> </p> <h3>Regular File</h3> -<p>Typically messages are logged to real files. The file has to -be specified with full pathname, beginning with a slash "/''.<br> +<p>Typically messages are logged to real files. The file usually is +specified by full pathname, beginning with a slash "/". +Starting with version 4.6.2 and 5.4.1 (previous v5 version do NOT support this) +relative file names can also be specified. To do so, these must begin with a +dot. For example, use "./file-in-current-dir.log" to specify a file in the +current directory. Please note that rsyslogd usually changes its working +directory to the root, so relative file names must be tested with care (they +were introduced primarily as a debugging vehicle, but may have useful other applications +as well).<br> <br> <br> You may prefix each entry with the minus "-'' sign to omit syncing the @@ -98,18 +105,14 @@ done, same with /dev/console.</p> messages to a remote host running rsyslogd(8) and to receive messages from remote hosts. Using this feature you're able to control all syslog messages on one host, if all other machines will log remotely to that. -This tears down<br> -administration needs.<br> -<br> -<b>Please note that this version of rsyslogd by default does NOT -forward messages it has received from the network to another host. -Specify the "-h" option to enable this.</b></p> +This tears down administration needs.</p> <p>To forward messages to another host, prepend the hostname with the at sign ("@"). A single at sign means that messages will be forwarded via UDP protocol (the standard for syslog). If you prepend two at signs ("@@"), the messages will be transmitted via TCP. Please note that plain TCP based syslog is not officially standardized, but -most major syslogds support it (e.g. syslog-ng or WinSyslog). The +most major syslogds support it (e.g. syslog-ng or +<a href="http://www.winsyslog.com/">WinSyslog</a>). The forwarding action indicator (at-sign) can be followed by one or more options. If they are given, they must be immediately (without a space) following the final at sign and be enclosed in parenthesis. The |