Update man page with missing -u SOCK documentation
Also, update FILES section with correct information on the UNIX domain socket path used on Linux. Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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							| @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ | ||||
| .Op Fl p Ar PRIO | ||||
| .Op Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM | ||||
| .Op Fl t Ar TAG | ||||
| .Op Fl u Ar SOCK | ||||
| .Op Ar MESSAGE | ||||
| .Sh DESCRIPTIOMN | ||||
| .Nm | ||||
| @@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ denotes number of rotated files to keep when logging to a file, default: | ||||
| Log to stderr as well as the system log. | ||||
| .It Fl t Ar TAG | ||||
| Log using the specified tag, default: username. | ||||
| .It Fl u Ar SOCK | ||||
| Log to UNIX domain socket | ||||
| .Ar SOCK | ||||
| instead of the default | ||||
| .Pa /dev/log . | ||||
| .It Fl v | ||||
| Show program version. | ||||
| .It Ar MESSAGE | ||||
| @@ -113,27 +119,24 @@ logger -t dropbear -p auth.notice "Successful login for user 'admin' from 1.2.3. | ||||
| logger -t udhcpc -f /tmp/script.log "New lease 1.2.3.200 obtained for interface eth0" | ||||
| .Ed | ||||
| .Sh FILES | ||||
| .Bl -tag -width /var/run/log -compact | ||||
| .Bl -tag -width /dev/log -compact | ||||
| .It Ar FILE | ||||
| If a log file is enabled, using | ||||
| If a custom log file is selected, using | ||||
| .Fl f Ar FILE , | ||||
| then this file is opened and written to by | ||||
| .Nm . | ||||
| With log file rotation, | ||||
| When log file rotation is enabled, using | ||||
| .Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM , | ||||
| this means | ||||
| .Nm | ||||
| also creates | ||||
| creates | ||||
| .Pa FILE.1 FILE.2 FILE.3.gz | ||||
| etc. | ||||
| .It Pa /var/run/log | ||||
| Socket to connect to for communicating with | ||||
| .It Pa /dev/log | ||||
| Socket used for communicating with | ||||
| .Xr syslogd 8 . | ||||
| In older implementations | ||||
| .Pa /dev/log | ||||
| was used.  This means this version of | ||||
| .Nm | ||||
| is not compatible with older releases, or other (local) syslog servers. | ||||
| When built on BSD | ||||
| .Pa /var/run/log  | ||||
| is used. | ||||
| .El | ||||
| .Sh SEE ALSO | ||||
| .Xr syslogp 3 | ||||
| @@ -151,5 +154,5 @@ and be extended upon in the sysklogd project. | ||||
| The | ||||
| .Nm | ||||
| command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compatible, with | ||||
| extensions for RFC5424 and log file rotation. | ||||
| .Sh AVAILABILITY | ||||
| extensions for RFC5424 from NetBSD and custom log file and log file | ||||
| rotation unique to the sysklogd project. | ||||
|   | ||||
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