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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/rsyslog.conf.5')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 b/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 index dcc9b7c7..07da6ffd 100644 --- a/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 +++ b/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. .\" -.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "11 July 2008" "Version 3.18.0" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "22 October 2012" "Version 7.2.0" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(8) configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ beginning with a slash ('/'). .B Example: .RS -*.* /var/log/traditionalfile.log;RSYSLOG_TraditionalFormat # log to a file in the traditional format +*.* /var/log/traditionalfile.log;RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat # log to a file in the traditional format .RE Note: if you would like to use high-precision timestamps in your log files, @@ -335,13 +335,6 @@ Rsyslog offers three different types "filter conditions": * expression-based filters .RE -.SS Blocks -Rsyslogd supports BSD-style blocks inside rsyslog.conf. Each block of lines is separated from -the previous block by a program or hostname specification. A block will only log messages -corresponding to the most recent program and hostname specifications given. Thus, a block which -selects "ppp" as the program, directly followed by a block that selects messages from the -hostname "dialhost", then the second block will only log messages from the ppp program on dialhost. - .SS Selectors .B Selectors are the traditional way of filtering syslog messages. They have been kept in rsyslog with their original syntax, because it is well-known, highly @@ -422,7 +415,7 @@ To escape: .sp 0 \\ = \\\\ --> '\\' is used to escape (as in C) .sp 0 -$template TraditionalFormat,"%timegenerated% %HOSTNAME% %syslogtag%%msg%\n" +$template TraditionalFormat,"%timegenerated% %HOSTNAME% %syslogtag%%msg%\\n" Properties can be accessed by the property replacer (see there for details). @@ -494,7 +487,7 @@ A template that resembles traditional syslogd file output: .RS $template TraditionalFormat,"%timegenerated% %HOSTNAME% .sp 0 -%syslogtag%%msg:::drop-last-lf%\n" +%syslogtag%%msg:::drop-last-lf%\\n" .RE A template that tells you a little more about the message: @@ -502,7 +495,7 @@ A template that tells you a little more about the message: .RS $template precise,"%syslogpriority%,%syslogfacility%,%timegenerated%,%HOSTNAME%, .sp 0 -%syslogtag%,%msg%\n" +%syslogtag%,%msg%\\n" .RE A template for RFC 3164 format: @@ -514,7 +507,7 @@ $template RFC3164fmt,"<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP% %HOSTNAME% %syslogtag%%msg%" A template for the format traditionally used for user messages: .sp .RS -$template usermsg," XXXX%syslogtag%%msg%\n\r" +$template usermsg," XXXX%syslogtag%%msg%\\n\\r" .RE And a template with the traditional wall-message format: |