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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2001-02-11 19:15:00 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2001-02-11 19:15:00 +0000
commite4cf522929cc33ea951756509b0e4f166f0da59a (patch)
treee072b02cf33d98bde5e8e82a9ddfa4316b299020 /manual/syslog.texi
parent5b8d5ae180f8e9d899a28c96bae77f1e8ef29cf8 (diff)
Update.
* sysdeps/generic/getsysstat.c: Change return value of get_phys_pages and get_avphys_page to long int. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsysstat.c: Likewise. * include/sys/sysinfo.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/sys/sysinfo.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/sysinfo.h: Likewise.
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diff --git a/manual/syslog.texi b/manual/syslog.texi
index 4c190d3239..49f599d93f 100644
--- a/manual/syslog.texi
+++ b/manual/syslog.texi
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Pass to another daemon
Discard
@end itemize
-Syslogd can also handle messages from other systems. It listens on the
+Syslogd can also handle messages from other systems. It listens on the
@code{syslog} UDP port as well as the local socket for messages.
Syslog can handle messages from the kernel itself. But the kernel
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ to identify the source of the message, and people conventionally set it
to the name of the program that will submit the messages.
@code{openlog} may or may not open the @file{/dev/log} socket, depending
-on @var{option}. If it does, it tries to open it and connect it as a
+on @var{option}. If it does, it tries to open it and connect it as a
stream socket. If that doesn't work, it tries to open it and connect it
as a datagram socket. The socket has the ``Close on Exec'' attribute,
so the kernel will close it if the process performs an exec.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ so the kernel will close it if the process performs an exec.
You don't have to use @code{openlog}. If you call @code{syslog} without
having called @code{openlog}, @code{syslog} just opens the connection
implicitly and uses defaults for the information in @var{ident} and
-@var{options}.
+@var{options}.
@var{options} is a bit string, with the bits as defined by the following
single bit masks:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ writing to the Unix domain socket @code{/dev/log}.
@code{syslog} submits the message with the facility and priority indicated
by @var{facility_priority}. The macro @code{LOG_MAKEPRI} generates a
-facility/priority from a facility and a priority, as in the following
+facility/priority from a facility and a priority, as in the following
example:
@smallexample
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ The possible values for the facility code are (macros):
@c Internally, there is also LOG_KERN, but LOG_KERN == 0, which means
@c if you try to use it here, just selects default.
-@table @code
+@vtable @code
@item LOG_USER
A miscellaneous user process
@item LOG_MAIL
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ Locally defined
Locally defined
@item LOG_LOCAL7
Locally defined
-@end table
+@end vtable
Results are undefined if the facility code is anything else.
-@strong{note:} Syslog recognizes one other facility code: that of the
-kernel. But you can't specify that facility code with these functions.
-If you try, it looks the same to @code{syslog} as if you are requesting
-the default facility. But you wouldn't want to anyway, because any
-program that uses the GNU C library is not the kernel.
+@strong{note:} @code{syslog} recognizes one other facility code: that of
+the kernel. But you can't specify that facility code with these
+functions. If you try, it looks the same to @code{syslog} as if you are
+requesting the default facility. But you wouldn't want to anyway,
+because any program that uses the GNU C library is not the kernel.
You can use just a priority code as @var{facility_priority}. In that
case, @code{syslog} assumes the default facility established when the
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Syslog connection was opened. @xref{Syslog Example}.
The possible values for the priority code are (macros):
-@table @code
+@vtable @code
@item LOG_EMERG
The message says the system is unusable.
@item LOG_ALERT
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ The message describes a normal but important event.
The message is purely informational.
@item LOG_DEBUG
The message is only for debugging purposes.
-@end table
+@end vtable
Results are undefined if the priority code is anything else.
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ Example:
@smallexample
#include <syslog.h>
-syslog(LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_LOCAL1, LOG_ERROR),
- "Unable to make network connection to %s. Error=%m", host);
+syslog (LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_LOCAL1, LOG_ERROR),
+ "Unable to make network connection to %s. Error=%m", host);
@end smallexample
@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ syslog(LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_LOCAL1, LOG_ERROR),
@comment syslog.h
@comment BSD
-@deftypefun void vsyslog (int @var{facility_priority}, char *@var{format},
- __gnuc_va_list arglist)
+@deftypefun void vsyslog (int @var{facility_priority}, char *@var{format}, va_list arglist)
This is functionally identical to @code{syslog}, with the BSD style variable
length argument.
@@ -381,7 +380,7 @@ The symbols referred to in this section are declared in the file
@comment syslog.h
@comment BSD
-@deftypefun void closelog ()
+@deftypefun void closelog (void)
@code{closelog} closes the current Syslog connection, if there is one.
This include closing the @file{dev/log} socket, if it is open.
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@ on for a certain priority and all priorities above it:
LOG_UPTO(LOG_ERROR)
@end smallexample
-The unfortunate naming of the macro is due to the fact that internally,
+The unfortunate naming of the macro is due to the fact that internally,
higher numbers are used for lower message priorities.
@end deftypefun
@@ -462,16 +461,13 @@ in the example does nothing.
@smallexample
#include <syslog.h>
-setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_NOTICE));
+setlogmask (LOG_UPTO (LOG_NOTICE));
-openlog("exampleprog", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1);
+openlog ("exampleprog", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1);
-syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Program started by User %d", getuid());
-syslog(LOG_INFO, "A tree falls in a forest");
+syslog (LOG_NOTICE, "Program started by User %d", getuid ());
+syslog (LOG_INFO, "A tree falls in a forest");
-closelog();
+closelog ();
@end smallexample
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