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authorMax Kellermann <max@duempel.org>2008-12-28 19:48:53 +0100
committerMax Kellermann <max@duempel.org>2008-12-28 19:48:53 +0100
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log: support syslog()
Allow logging to syslog if log_file is configured to "syslog".
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-rw-r--r--doc/mpd.conf.51
-rw-r--r--doc/mpdconf.example4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5
index fc31c7e67..5feefc36e 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ This specifies where the db file will be stored.
.TP
.B log_file <file>
This specifies where the log file should be located.
+The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon.
.SH OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
.TP
.B pid_file <file>
diff --git a/doc/mpdconf.example b/doc/mpdconf.example
index 797549da4..2de2e05e5 100644
--- a/doc/mpdconf.example
+++ b/doc/mpdconf.example
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ db_file "~/.mpd/database"
# These logs are great for troubleshooting, depending on your log_level
# settings.
#
+# The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon.
+# On most systems, log messages will appear in /var/log/daemon.log
+# then.
+#
log_file "~/.mpd/log"
###############################################################################