From c01aa53e6a972cd83e866b6b2e390449f2a59658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:48:53 +0100
Subject: log: support syslog()

Allow logging to syslog if log_file is configured to "syslog".
---
 doc/mpd.conf.5      | 1 +
 doc/mpdconf.example | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

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"
 ###############################################################################
 
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