Hi, I have been asked twice whether syslogd(8) is escaping log data. Should we document it?
bluhm Index: usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /data/mirror/openbsd/cvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -p -r1.59 syslogd.8 --- usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 2 Sep 2018 14:32:12 -0000 1.59 +++ usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 26 Sep 2018 19:18:17 -0000 @@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ and from The message sent to .Nm should consist of a single line. +Embedded new line characters are converted to spaces, binary data +is encoded by +.Xr vis 3 . The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding decimal number in angle braces, for example, .Dq <5> .
