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| author | Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> | 1999-09-23 04:37:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> | 1999-09-23 04:37:32 +0000 |
| commit | 4959555ff45a0665429c6a71ce7b5648a83c6d09 (patch) | |
| tree | 04c2534521a040cda3a1c8848ee3f925513e896d /src/initlog.1 | |
| parent | efeda983b70a1eb70164bbcfbb42b30c43db2bfd (diff) | |
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update man page to document config file
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diff --git a/src/initlog.1 b/src/initlog.1 index 103ef3fd..f0c5c8cf 100644 --- a/src/initlog.1 +++ b/src/initlog.1 @@ -7,7 +7,24 @@ initlog \- log messages and events to the system logger [\-\-name=ARG] [\-\-priority=ARG] [\-\-run=ARG] [\-\-string=ARG] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBinitlog\fR logs messages and events to the system logger. -It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. +It is mainly designed for use in init scripts. initlog +reads a configuration file +.I /etc/initlog.conf +by default, to determine its settings. Any line preceded with a +.I # +is a comment, and the following configuration directives +are recognized: +.TP +.I facility <logging facility> +Sets the default logging facility +.TP +.I priority <logging priority> +Sets the default logging priority +.TP +.I ignore <regexp> +Messages that match the regular expression will not be logged. +.TP +initlog behavior can also be configured by command-line options. .SS OPTIONS .TP @@ -42,7 +59,12 @@ Execute the specified program, with an open file descriptor so that the program can pass back commands to initlog. .TP -.I "\-s, \-\-string=[string] +.I "\-s, \-\-string=[string]" Log the specified string to the logger. +.TP +.I "\-\-conf=[file]" +Specifies an alternate configuration file. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/initlog.conf .SH "SEE ALSO" syslog(3), logger(1) |