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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst index 43dacaf..feb3e87 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst @@ -2410,6 +2410,15 @@ supports sending logging messages to a remote or local Unix syslog. opens a UDP socket. To open a TCP socket (for use with the newer syslog daemons such as rsyslog), specify a value of :const:`socket.SOCK_STREAM`. + Note that if your server is not listening on UDP port 514, + :class:`SysLogHandler` may appear not to work. In that case, check what + address you should be using for a domain socket - it's system dependent. + For example, on Linux it's usually "/dev/log" but on OS/X it's + "/var/run/syslog". You'll need to check your platform and use the + appropriate address (you may need to do this check at runtime if your + application needs to run on several platforms). On Windows, you pretty + much have to use the UDP option. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 *socktype* was added. |