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| author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-04 06:49:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-04 06:49:20 +0000 |
| commit | 60159a06334eb8ec259c5febc12797d3ed1ba4af (patch) | |
| tree | 0d8ac82b08118f23f5d9322fb3a97e726d28c571 /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | |
| parent | 5fce7fc47f06028dd000712d8df55ff54de36c09 (diff) | |
| download | src-60159a06334eb8ec259c5febc12797d3ed1ba4af.tar.gz src-60159a06334eb8ec259c5febc12797d3ed1ba4af.zip | |
Allow either tabs or spaces in configuration files.
PR: 8762
Submitted by: Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=41498
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 index 4b07d75e7c9f..a2ddf5fe85b2 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 -.\" $Id: syslog.conf.5,v 1.10 1998/06/10 04:34:54 julian Exp $ +.\" $Id: syslog.conf.5,v 1.11 1998/07/22 06:15:16 phk Exp $ .\" .Dd June 9, 1993 .Dt SYSLOG.CONF 5 @@ -62,7 +62,19 @@ The .Em selector field is separated from the .Em action -field by one or more tab characters. +field by one or more tab characters or spaces. +.Pp +Note that if you use spaces as separators, your +.Em syslog.conf +might be incompatible with other Unices or Unix-like systems. +This functionality was added for the ease of configuration +(e.g. it is possible to cut-and-paste into +.Em syslog.conf +), +and to avoid possible mistakes. This change however preserves +backwards compatibility with the old style of the +.Em syslog.conf +(i.e. tab characters only). .Pp The .Em Selectors |