On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:04:57 +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:35:16AM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote: > > We don't actually have any log file descriptors since we have > > sendsyslog(2) so make the description a bit more generic. > > It is also closer to what POSIX says. > > > > OK? > > The term "log file" could be misunderstood as refering to a log file. > > Is "... will close any open file descriptor for logging." better?
Possibly. I don't like using "log file" either. POSIX says any file descriptors opened by openlog() or syslog(). So perhaps: The .Fn closelog function will close any file descriptors opened by the .Fn openlog , .Fn openlog_r , .Fn syslog or .Fn syslog_r functions. What do you think? - todd
