Quoting Roger Marquis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:56:38AM -0700:
> * default configuration file = /etc/syslog.conf
> a different location can be specified on the command line
As someone else already wrote, this is confusing as we will have a different
syntax.
> * default log location = /var/log
> syslogd should be able to create logfiles in this directory
> if they don't already exist
Yes please!
> * use common signal interpretations:
> SIGHUP: close log files, re-read configuration file; open log files
What happens with messages arriving while reading the config file?
cheers
afx
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