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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 index d66a2cd01fc..a82f5a5bcc6 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 -.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.17 2004/06/03 12:21:08 dhartmei Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.18 2004/06/07 18:37:38 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.4 1996/01/02 17:41:46 perry Exp $ .\" .Dd June 9, 1993 @@ -106,11 +106,21 @@ The tag is a line beginning with .Em !prog and each block will be associated with calls to syslog from that specific program. -When a messages matches multiple blocks, the action of each matching +When a message matches multiple blocks, the action of each matching block is taken. +If no tag is specified at the beginning of the file, +every line is checked for a match and acted upon +.Pq at least until a tag is found . +.Pp .Em !!prog causes the subsequent block to abort evaluation when a message matches, -ensuring that only a single action is taken. +ensuring that only a single set of actions is taken. +.Em !*\& +can be used to ensure that any ensuing blocks are further evaluated +(i.e. cancelling the effect of a +.Em !prog +or +.Em !!prog ) . .Pp See .Xr syslog 3 |