Update man page with missing -u SOCK documentation

Also, update FILES section with correct information on the UNIX domain
socket path used on Linux.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Nilsson 2019-11-07 21:53:51 +01:00
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@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
.Op Fl p Ar PRIO
.Op Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM
.Op Fl t Ar TAG
.Op Fl u Ar SOCK
.Op Ar MESSAGE
.Sh DESCRIPTIOMN
.Nm
@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ denotes number of rotated files to keep when logging to a file, default:
Log to stderr as well as the system log.
.It Fl t Ar TAG
Log using the specified tag, default: username.
.It Fl u Ar SOCK
Log to UNIX domain socket
.Ar SOCK
instead of the default
.Pa /dev/log .
.It Fl v
Show program version.
.It Ar MESSAGE
@ -113,27 +119,24 @@ logger -t dropbear -p auth.notice "Successful login for user 'admin' from 1.2.3.
logger -t udhcpc -f /tmp/script.log "New lease 1.2.3.200 obtained for interface eth0"
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/log -compact
.Bl -tag -width /dev/log -compact
.It Ar FILE
If a log file is enabled, using
If a custom log file is selected, using
.Fl f Ar FILE ,
then this file is opened and written to by
.Nm .
With log file rotation,
When log file rotation is enabled, using
.Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM ,
this means
.Nm
also creates
creates
.Pa FILE.1 FILE.2 FILE.3.gz
etc.
.It Pa /var/run/log
Socket to connect to for communicating with
.It Pa /dev/log
Socket used for communicating with
.Xr syslogd 8 .
In older implementations
.Pa /dev/log
was used. This means this version of
.Nm
is not compatible with older releases, or other (local) syslog servers.
When built on BSD
.Pa /var/run/log
is used.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr syslogp 3
@ -151,5 +154,5 @@ and be extended upon in the sysklogd project.
The
.Nm
command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compatible, with
extensions for RFC5424 and log file rotation.
.Sh AVAILABILITY
extensions for RFC5424 from NetBSD and custom log file and log file
rotation unique to the sysklogd project.