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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:26:51 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.cx>
Cc:        David Malone <dwmalone@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslog.conf.5 syslogd.c
Message-ID:  <20000724172651.A47473@bell.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <20000724182421.A94453@dohd.cx>; from freebsd@dohd.cx on Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:24:21PM %2B0200
References:  <200007241410.HAA42122@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000724182421.A94453@dohd.cx>

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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:24:21PM +0200, Mark Huizer wrote:

> >   Lines beginning with "+hostname" or "#+hostname" select messaes
> >   from that hostname and lines beginning with "-hostname" or "#-hostname"
> >   match messages not from that hostname.
> >   
> isn't it counterintuitive to do this for lines with #+hostname and
> #-hostname?

I was following the precident set by !prog and #!prog. The idea is
that it allows you to share your syslog.conf file with machines
that don't understand this syntax.

	David.


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