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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/syslog.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 index a99b14a357b..4737782e99c 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/syslog.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.3,v 1.9 2000/08/25 17:43:14 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.3,v 1.10 2000/12/24 00:30:52 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn syslog -function -writes +function writes .Fa message to the system message logger. The message is then written to the system console, log files, @@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ A trailing newline is added if none is present. .Pp The .Fn vsyslog -function -is an alternate form in which the arguments have already been captured +function is an alternate form in which the arguments have already been captured using the variable-length argument facilities of .Xr varargs 3 . .Pp @@ -119,9 +117,7 @@ normally of use only when debugging a program. .Pp The .Fn openlog -function -provides for more specialized processing of the messages sent -by +function provides for more specialized processing of the messages sent by .Fn syslog and .Fn vsyslog . @@ -215,13 +211,11 @@ through .Pp The .Fn closelog -function -can be used to close the log file. +function can be used to close the log file. .Pp The .Fn setlogmask -function -sets the log priority mask to +function sets the log priority mask to .Fa maskpri and returns the previous mask. Calls to |