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diff --git a/doc/imklog.html b/doc/imklog.html
index 2e3b3bc2..b62f4f92 100644
--- a/doc/imklog.html
+++ b/doc/imklog.html
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
syslog engine.</p>
<p><b>Configuration Directives</b>:</p>
<ul>
-<li><strong>$KLogInternalMsgFacility
+<li><strong>LogPath</strong><br>
+The path to the Kernel log. This value should only be changed if you really know what
+you are doing.</li>
+<li><strong>InternalMsgFacility
&lt;facility&gt;</strong><br>
The facility which messages internally generated by imklog will have.
imklog generates some messages of itself (e.g. on problems, startup and
@@ -26,13 +29,47 @@ need to specify this configuratin directive - it is included primarily
for few limited cases where it is needed for good reason. Bottom line:
if you don't have a good idea why you should use this setting, do not
touch it.</li>
-<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$KLogPermitNonKernelFacility
+<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">PermitNonKernelFacility
[on/<span style="font-style: italic;">off</span>]<br>
</span>At least under BSD the kernel log may contain entries
with non-kernel facilities. This setting controls how those are
handled. The default is "off", in which case these messages are
ignored. Switch it to on to submit non-kernel messages to rsyslog
processing.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></li>
+<li><b>KeepKernelTimeStamp</b> [on/<b>off</b>] --
+<br>if the Kernel creates a timestamp for its log messages, this timestamp will be preserved.
+If disabled, the time when the message is received will be used.<br>
+<li><b>ConsoleLogLevel</b> [<i>number</i>]
+(former klogd -c option) -- sets the console log level. If specified, only messages with
+up to the specified level are printed to the console. The default is -1, which means that
+the current settings are not modified. To get this behavior, do not specify
+ConsoleLogLevel in the configuration file. Note that this is a global parameter. Each time
+it is changed, the previous definition is re-set. The one activate will be that one that is
+active when imklog actually starts processing. In short words: do not specify this
+directive more than once!
+</ul>
+<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b>
+<p>This is obviously platform specific and requires platform
+drivers.
+Currently, imklog functionality is available on Linux and BSD.</p>
+<p>This module is <b>not supported on Solaris</b> and not needed there.
+For Solaris kernel input, use <a href="imsolaris.html">imsolaris</a>.</p>
+<p><b>Sample:</b></p>
+<p>The following sample pulls messages from the kernel log. All
+parameters are left by default, which is usually a good idea. Please
+note that loading the plugin is sufficient to activate it. No directive
+is needed to start pulling kernel messages.<br>
+</p>
+<textarea rows="15" cols="60">module(load="imklog")
+</textarea>
+<p><b>Legacy Configuration Directives</b>:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><strong>$KLogInternalMsgFacility
+&lt;facility&gt;</strong><br>
+equivalent to: InternalMsgFacility</li>
+<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$KLogPermitNonKernelFacility
+[on/<span style="font-style: italic;">off</span>]<br>
+equivalent to: PermitNonKernelFacility</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>$DebugPrintKernelSymbols
[on/<b>off</b>]<br>
Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li>
@@ -50,14 +87,7 @@ it except if you have a very good reason. If you have one, let us know
because otherwise new versions will no longer support it.<br>
Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li>
<li><b>$klogConsoleLogLevel</b> [<i>number</i>]
-(former klogd -c option) -- sets the console log level. If specified, only messages with
-up to the specified level are printed to the console. The default is -1, which means that
-the current settings are not modified. To get this behavior, do not specify
-$klogConsoleLogLevel in the configuration file. Note that this is a global parameter. Each time
-it is changed, the previous definition is re-set. The one activate will be that one that is
-active when imklog actually starts processing. In short words: do not specify this
-directive more than once!
-<br><b>Linux only</b>, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li>
+<br>equivalent to: ConsoleLogLevel</li>
<li><b>$klogUseSyscallInterface</b> [on/<b>off</b>]
-- former klogd -s option<br>
Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)</li>
@@ -66,26 +96,12 @@ former klogd -2 option<br>
Linux only, ignored on other platforms (but may be specified)<br style="font-weight: bold;">
</li>
</ul>
-<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b>
-<p>This is obviously platform specific and requires platform
-drivers.
-Currently, imklog functionality is available on Linux and BSD.</p>
-<p>This module is <b>not supported on Solaris</b> and not needed there.
-For Solaris kernel input, use <a href="imsolaris.html">imsolaris</a>.</p>
-<p><b>Sample:</b></p>
-<p>The following sample pulls messages from the kernel log. All
-parameters are left by default, which is usually a good idea. Please
-note that loading the plugin is sufficient to activate it. No directive
-is needed to start pulling kernel messages.<br>
-</p>
-<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imklog
-</textarea>
<p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>]
[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<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; 2008-2009 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer
+Copyright &copy; 2008-2012 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 3 or higher.</font></p>
diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html
index 45ba771b..e3a5e62b 100644
--- a/doc/manual.html
+++ b/doc/manual.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rsyslog support</a> available directly from the source!</p>
<p><b>Please visit the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sponsors">rsyslog sponsor's page</a>
to honor the project sponsors or become one yourself!</b> We are very grateful for any help towards the
project goals.</p>
-<p><b>This documentation is for version 7.1.12 (beta branch) of rsyslog.</b>
+<p><b>This documentation is for version 7.3.1 (devel branch) of rsyslog.</b>
Visit the <i><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/status">rsyslog status page</a></i></b>
to obtain current version information and project status.
</p><p><b>If you like rsyslog, you might
diff --git a/doc/omfile.html b/doc/omfile.html
index 23ecc034..e58ea3b0 100644
--- a/doc/omfile.html
+++ b/doc/omfile.html
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
<li><strong>ZipLevel </strong>0..9 [default 0]<br>
if greater 0, turns on gzip compression of the output file. The higher the number, the better the compression, but also the more CPU is required for zipping.<br></li><br>
+ <li><b>VeryReliableZip</b> [<b>on</b>/off] (v7.3.0+) - if ZipLevel is greater 0,
+ then this setting controls if extra headers are written to make the resulting file
+ extra hardened against malfunction. If set to off, data appended to previously unclean
+ closed files may not be accessible without extra tools.
+ Note that this risk is usually expected to be bearable, and thus "off" is the default mode.
+ The extra headers considerably
+ degrade compression, files with this option set to "on" may be four to five times as
+ large as files processed in "off" mode.
+ </li><br>
+
<li><strong>FlushInterval </strong>(not mandatory, default will be used)<br>
Defines a template to be used for the output. <br></li><br>
diff --git a/doc/omlibdbi.html b/doc/omlibdbi.html
index 008dcb81..e47c7f57 100644
--- a/doc/omlibdbi.html
+++ b/doc/omlibdbi.html
@@ -54,7 +54,23 @@ dlopen()ed plugin (as omlibdbi is). So in short, you probably save you
a lot of headache if you make sure you have at least libdbi version
0.8.3 on your system.
</p>
-<p><b>Action Parameters</b>:</p>
+<p><b>Module Parameters</b></p>
+<ul>
+<li><b>template</b><br>
+The default template to use. This template is used when no template is
+explicitely specified in the action() statement.
+<li><b>driverdirectory</b><br>
+Path to the libdbi drivers. Usually,
+you do not need to set it. If you installed libdbi-drivers at a
+non-standard location, you may need to specify the directory here. If
+you are unsure, do <b>not</b> use this configuration directive.
+Usually, everything works just fine.
+Note that this was an action() paramter in rsyslog versions below 7.3.0.
+However, only the first action's driverdirectory parameter was actually used.
+This has been cleaned up in 7.3.0, where this now is a module paramter.
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p><b>Action Parameters</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>server</b><br>Name or address of the MySQL server
<li><b>db</b><br>Database to use
@@ -68,24 +84,18 @@ writiting "mysql" (suggest to use ommysql instead), "firebird" (Firbird
and InterBase), "ingres", "msql", "Oracle", "sqlite", "sqlite3",
"freetds" (for Microsoft SQL and Sybase) and "pgsql" (suggest to use
ompgsql instead).</li>
-<li><b>driverdirectory</b><br>
-Path to the libdbi drivers. Usually,
-you do not need to set it. If you installed libdbi-drivers at a
-non-standard location, you may need to specify the directory here. If
-you are unsure, do <b>not</b> use this configuration directive.
-Usually, everything works just fine.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Legacy (pre-v6) Configuration Directives</b>:</p>
+<p>It is strongly recommended NOT to use legacy format.
<ul>
-<li><b>$ActionLibdbiDriverDirectory /path/to/dbd/drivers</b>
+<li><i>$ActionLibdbiDriverDirectory /path/to/dbd/drivers</i>
- like the driverdirectory action parameter.
-<li><strong>$ActionLibdbiDriver drivername</strong><br> - like the drivername action parameter.
-<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$ActionLibdbiHost hostname</span> - like the server action parameter
-The host to connect to.</li>
-<li><b>$ActionLibdbiUserName user</b> - like the uid action parameter
-<li><b>$ActionlibdbiPassword</b> - like the pwd action parameter
-<li><b>$ActionlibdbiDBName db</b> - like the db action parameter
-<li><b>selector line: :omlibdbi:<i>;template</i></b><br>
+<li><i>$ActionLibdbiDriver drivername</i> - like the drivername action parameter
+<li><i>$ActionLibdbiHost hostname</i> - like the server action parameter
+<li><i>$ActionLibdbiUserName user</i> - like the uid action parameter
+<li><i>$ActionlibdbiPassword</i> - like the pwd action parameter
+<li><i>$ActionlibdbiDBName db</i> - like the db action parameter
+<li><i>selector line: :omlibdbi:<code>;template</code></i><br>
executes the recently configured omlibdbi action. The ;template part is
optional. If no template is provided, a default template is used (which
is currently optimized for MySQL - sorry, folks...)</li>
@@ -114,14 +124,14 @@ database "syslog_db" on mysqlsever.example.com. The server is MySQL and
being accessed under the account of "user" with password "pwd" (if you
have empty passwords, just remove the $ActionLibdbiPassword line).<br>
</p>
-<textarea rows="5" cols="60">$ModLoad omlibdbi
+<textarea rows="5" cols="60">module(load="omlibdbi")
*.* action(type="omlibdbi" driver="mysql"
server="mysqlserver.example.com" db="syslog_db"
uid="user" pwd="pwd"
</textarea>
-<p><b>Sample:</b></p>
+<p><b>Legacy Sample:</b></p>
<p>The same as above, but in legacy config format (pre rsyslog-v6):
-<textarea rows="10" cols="60">$ModLoad omlibdbi
+<textarea rows="8" cols="60">$ModLoad omlibdbi
$ActionLibdbiDriver mysql
$ActionLibdbiHost mysqlserver.example.com
$ActionLibdbiUserName user