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man: update syslogp.3 with latest changes for remote logging 

Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Wiberg 2022-08-01 11:34:09 +02:00
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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)syslog.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
.Dd March 22, 2017
.Dd August 1, 2022
.Dt SYSLOGP 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -115,37 +115,47 @@ The
.Fn syslog_r
function is a multithread-safe version of the
.Fn syslog
function.
It takes a pointer to a
function. It takes a pointer to a
.Fa syslog_data
structure which is used to store
information.
This parameter must be initialized before
structure which is used to store information. This parameter must be
initialized before
.Fn syslog_r
is called.
The
is called. The
.Dv SYSLOG_DATA_INIT
constant is used for this purpose.
The
constant is used for this purpose. The
.Fa syslog_data
structure and the
.Dv SYSLOG_DATA_INIT
constant are defined as:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
struct syslog_data {
int log_file;
int connected;
int opened;
int log_stat;
const char *log_tag;
int log_fac;
int log_mask;
int log_version;
int log_file;
int log_connected;
int log_opened;
int log_stat;
const char *log_tag;
const char *log_sockpath;
char log_hostname[256];
int log_fac;
int log_mask;
struct sockaddr *log_host;
int log_pid;
};
#define SYSLOG_DATA_INIT { \e
.log_file = -1, \e
.log_fac = LOG_USER, \e
.log_mask = 0xff, \e
#define SYSLOG_DATA_INIT { \e
.log_version = 1, \e
.log_file = -1, \e
.log_connected = 0, \e
.log_opened = 0, \e
.log_stat = 0, \e
.log_tag = 0, \e
.log_sockpath = NULL, \e
.log_hostname = { '\\0' }, \e
.log_fac = LOG_USER, \e
.log_mask = 0xff, \e
.log_host = NULL, \e
.log_pid = -1, \e
}
.Ed
.Pp
@ -153,9 +163,9 @@ The structure is composed of the following elements:
.Bl -tag -width connected -offset indent
.It Va log_file
contains the file descriptor of the file where the message is logged
.It Va connected
.It Va log_connected
indicates if connect has been done
.It Va opened
.It Va log_opened
indicates if
.Fn openlog_r
has been called
@ -164,10 +174,24 @@ status bits, set by
.Fn openlog_r
.It Va log_tag
string to tag the entry with
.It Va log_sockpath
UNIX domain socket used, can be changed by user
.It Va log_hostname
Hostname used, initialized to
.Fn gethostname
if unset, can be changed by user
.It Va log_fac
facility code
.It Va log_mask
mask of priorities to be logged
.It Va log_host
.Va struct sockaddr *
host to send UDP message to, if set by user, enables logging to a remote
syslog server bypassing any local syslog server
.It Va log_pid
Process ID used in log message header. Can be changed by user, if unset
defaults to call
.Fn getpid
.El
.\" .Pp
.\" The
@ -310,6 +334,8 @@ between the ident and the message.)
.It Dv LOG_PTRIM
Trim anything syslog added to the message before writing to
standard error output.
.It Dv LOG_RFC3164
Use RFC3164 (BSD) style log messages, the default is new-style RFC5424.
.El
.Pp
The