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diff --git a/system/socklog/slack-desc b/system/socklog/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cd8b5f1d3e --- /dev/null +++ b/system/socklog/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +socklog: socklog (system and kernel logging services) +socklog: +socklog: socklog, in cooperation with the runit package, is a small and secure +socklog: replacement for syslogd. +socklog: +socklog: It can receive syslog messages from a unix domain socket ("/dev/log") +socklog: and write them to various files on disk depending on facility +socklog: and priority. It can also read from and write to a udp socket. +socklog: +socklog: svlogd has a built in log file rotation based on file size, +socklog: so there is no need for any cron jobs or similar to rotate the logs. |