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authorTanu Kaskinen <tanuk@iki.fi>2012-12-17 07:46:04 +0200
committerTanu Kaskinen <tanuk@iki.fi>2012-12-19 12:31:50 +0200
commit6f1c3df37b85b47cd1d2d3b046d79ad13d8e61ac (patch)
tree443670570ea67aeb2e27c1402b2ae28c3b5d06db /man
parent8d0e9d4662d2fefc803921a607742588c12e8367 (diff)
man: Update log-target documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in15
-rw-r--r--man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in7
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in b/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
index c270d2bce..744e94e54 100644
--- a/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
@@ -297,12 +297,15 @@ USA.
<option>
<p><opt>log-target=</opt> The default log target. Use either
- <opt>stderr</opt>, <opt>syslog</opt> or <opt>auto</opt>. The
- latter is equivalent to <opt>sylog</opt> in case
- <opt>daemonize</opt> is enabled, otherwise to
- <opt>stderr</opt>. Defaults to <opt>auto</opt>. The
- <opt>--log-target</opt> command line option takes
- precedence.</p>
+ <opt>stderr</opt>, <opt>syslog</opt>, <opt>auto</opt>,
+ <opt>file:PATH</opt> or <opt>newfile:PATH</opt>. <opt>auto</opt> is
+ equivalent to <opt>sylog</opt> in case <opt>daemonize</opt> is enabled,
+ otherwise to <opt>stderr</opt>. If set to <opt>file:PATH</opt>, logging
+ is directed to the file indicated by PATH. <opt>newfile:PATH</opt> is
+ otherwise the same as <opt>file:PATH</opt>, but existing files are never
+ overwritten. If the specified file already exists, a suffix is added to
+ the file name to avoid overwriting. Defaults to <opt>auto</opt>. The
+ <opt>--log-target</opt> command line option takes precedence.</p>
</option>
<option>
diff --git a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
index c556bda01..12f05e86b 100644
--- a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
@@ -217,13 +217,16 @@ USA.
</option>
<option>
- <p><opt>--log-target</opt><arg>={auto,syslog,stderr,file:PATH}</arg></p>
+ <p><opt>--log-target</opt><arg>={auto,syslog,stderr,file:PATH,newfile:PATH}</arg></p>
<optdesc><p>Specify the log target. If set to <arg>auto</arg>
(which is the default), then logging is directed to syslog when
<opt>--daemonize</opt> is passed, otherwise to
STDERR. If set to <arg>file:PATH</arg>, logging is directed to
- the file indicated by PATH.</p></optdesc>
+ the file indicated by PATH. <arg>newfile:PATH</arg> is otherwise
+ the same as file:PATH, but existing files are never overwritten.
+ If the specified file already exists, a suffix is added to the
+ file name to avoid overwriting.</p></optdesc>
</option>
<option>