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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-29 14:38:34 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-29 14:38:34 (GMT) |
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Fix documentation based on comments from Sean Reifschneider
<jafo-9804@tummy.com>.
Logical markup.
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diff --git a/Doc/libsyslog.tex b/Doc/libsyslog.tex index c4c6166..3e5b166 100644 --- a/Doc/libsyslog.tex +++ b/Doc/libsyslog.tex @@ -10,24 +10,25 @@ The module defines the following functions: \begin{funcdesc}{syslog}{\optional{priority,} message} -Send the string \var{message} to the system logger. -A trailing newline is added if necessary. -Each message is tagged with a priority composed of a \var{facility} and -a \var{level}. -The optional \var{priority} argument, which defaults to -\code{(LOG_USER | LOG_INFO)}, determines the message priority. +Send the string \var{message} to the system logger. A trailing +newline is added if necessary. Each message is tagged with a priority +composed of a \var{facility} and a \var{level}. The optional +\var{priority} argument, which defaults to \constant{LOG_INFO}, +determines the message priority. If the facility is not encoded in +\var{priority} using logical-or (\code{LOG_INFO | LOG_USER}), the +value given in the \function{openlog()} call is used. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{openlog}{ident\optional{, logopt\optional{, facility}}} -Logging options other than the defaults can be set by explicitly opening -the log file with \code{openlog()} prior to calling \code{syslog()}. -The defaults are (usually) \var{ident} = \samp{syslog}, \var{logopt} = 0, -\var{facility} = \code{LOG_USER}. -The \var{ident} argument is a string which is prepended to every message. -The optional \var{logopt} argument is a bit field - see below for possible -values to combine. -The optional \var{facility} argument sets the default facility for messages -which do not have a facility explicitly encoded. +Logging options other than the defaults can be set by explicitly +opening the log file with \function{openlog()} prior to calling +\function{syslog()}. The defaults are (usually) \var{ident} = +\code{'syslog'}, \var{logopt} = \code{0}, \var{facility} = +\constant{LOG_USER}. The \var{ident} argument is a string which is +prepended to every message. The optional \var{logopt} argument is a +bit field - see below for possible values to combine. The optional +\var{facility} argument sets the default facility for messages which +do not have a facility explicitly encoded. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{closelog}{} @@ -36,14 +37,12 @@ Close the log file. \begin{funcdesc}{setlogmask}{maskpri} This function set the priority mask to \var{maskpri} and returns the -previous mask value. -Calls to \code{syslog} with a priority level not set in \var{maskpri} -are ignored. -The default is to log all priorities. -The function \code{LOG_MASK(\var{pri})} calculates the mask for the -individual priority \var{pri}. -The function \code{LOG_UPTO(\var{pri})} calculates the mask for all priorities -up to and including \var{pri}. +previous mask value. Calls to \function{syslog()} with a priority +level not set in \var{maskpri} are ignored. The default is to log all +priorities. The function \code{LOG_MASK(\var{pri})} calculates the +mask for the individual priority \var{pri}. The function +\code{LOG_UPTO(\var{pri})} calculates the mask for all priorities up +to and including \var{pri}. \end{funcdesc} The module defines the following constants: @@ -52,18 +51,21 @@ The module defines the following constants: \item[Priority levels (high to low):] -\code{LOG_EMERG}, \code{LOG_ALERT}, \code{LOG_CRIT}, \code{LOG_ERR}, -\code{LOG_WARNING}, \code{LOG_NOTICE}, \code{LOG_INFO}, \code{LOG_DEBUG}. +\constant{LOG_EMERG}, \constant{LOG_ALERT}, \constant{LOG_CRIT}, +\constant{LOG_ERR}, \constant{LOG_WARNING}, \constant{LOG_NOTICE}, +\constant{LOG_INFO}, \constant{LOG_DEBUG}. \item[Facilities:] -\code{LOG_KERN}, \code{LOG_USER}, \code{LOG_MAIL}, \code{LOG_DAEMON}, -\code{LOG_AUTH}, \code{LOG_LPR}, \code{LOG_NEWS}, \code{LOG_UUCP}, -\code{LOG_CRON} and \code{LOG_LOCAL0} to \code{LOG_LOCAL7}. +\constant{LOG_KERN}, \constant{LOG_USER}, \constant{LOG_MAIL}, +\constant{LOG_DAEMON}, \constant{LOG_AUTH}, \constant{LOG_LPR}, +\constant{LOG_NEWS}, \constant{LOG_UUCP}, \constant{LOG_CRON} and +\constant{LOG_LOCAL0} to \constant{LOG_LOCAL7}. \item[Log options:] -\code{LOG_PID}, \code{LOG_CONS}, \code{LOG_NDELAY}, \code{LOG_NOWAIT} -and \code{LOG_PERROR} if defined in \file{syslog.h}. +\constant{LOG_PID}, \constant{LOG_CONS}, \constant{LOG_NDELAY}, +\constant{LOG_NOWAIT} and \constant{LOG_PERROR} if defined in +\code{<syslog.h>}. \end{description} |