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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-03-01 22:51:58 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-03-01 22:51:58 +0000 |
commit | dd62e9c1742b49f6a10001419d1539547eb05707 (patch) | |
tree | 1b58b5edc80902cee6d4b5dc99483bd24d695c81 /usr.bin/rdist | |
parent | 9e7beaeb93db01f4ad55c4994ad698a4b9df49f6 (diff) |
tidy up the MESSAGE LOGGING section;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/rdist')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 | 64 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 b/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 index e1708eb85de..3970da53dc0 100644 --- a/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 +++ b/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rdist.1,v 1.31 2007/03/01 22:36:25 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rdist.1,v 1.32 2007/03/01 22:51:57 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -630,44 +630,27 @@ option just for this one host. uses a collection of predefined message .Em facilities that each contain a list of message -.Sy types -specifying which types of messages to send to that -.Em facility . +.Em types +specifying which types of messages to send to that facility. The local client -.Pq Nm rdist and the remote server -.Pq Xr rdistd 1 each maintain their own copy of what types of messages to log to what facilities. .Pp The .Fl l .Ar local_logopts -option to -.Nm -tells -.Nm -what logging options to use locally. -The +option specifies the logging options to use locally; .Fl L .Ar remote_logopts -option to -.Nm -tells -.Nm -what logging options to pass to the remote -.Em rdistd -server. +specifies the logging options to pass to the remote server. .Pp -.Em logopts -should be of the form: +Logging options should be of the form: .Pp .D1 facility=types:facility=types... .Pp The valid facility names are: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ic stdout -Messages to standard output. +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent .It Ic file Log to a file. To specify the file name, use the format @@ -675,10 +658,6 @@ To specify the file name, use the format For example: .Pp .Dl file=/tmp/rdist.log=all,debug -.It Ic syslog -Use the -.Xr syslogd 8 -facility. .It Ic notify Use the internal .Nm @@ -691,39 +670,44 @@ keyword in a to specify what messages are mailed to the .Ic notify address. +.It Ic stdout +Messages to standard output. +.It Ic syslog +Use the +.Xr syslogd 8 +facility. .El .Pp -.Em types +.Ar types should be a comma separated list of message types. Each message type specified enables that message level. This is unlike the .Xr syslog 3 system facility which uses an ascending order scheme. -The following are the valid -.Em types : -.Bl -tag -width Ds +The following are the valid types: +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent +.It Ic all +All but debug messages. .It Ic change Things that change. This includes files that are installed or updated in some way. +.It Ic debug +Debugging information. +.It Ic ferror +Fatal errors. .It Ic info General information. +.It Ic nerror +Normal errors that are not fatal. .It Ic notice General info about things that change. This includes things like making directories which are needed in order to install a specific target, but which are not explicitly specified in the .Pa distfile . -.It Ic nerror -Normal errors that are not fatal. -.It Ic ferror -Fatal errors. .It Ic warning Warnings about errors which are not as serious as .Ic nerror type messages. -.It Ic debug -Debugging information. -.It Ic all -All but debug messages. .El .Pp Here is a sample command line option: |