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metalog(8)			  Syslog daemon 		      metalog(8)

NAME
     metalog - an alternative syslog daemon

SYNTAX
     metalog [options]

DESCRIPTION
     Metalog  is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messages
     can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name and/or
     Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files can be automatically rotated
     when they exceed a certain size or age. External shell scripts  (ex:  mail)
     can be launched when specific patterns are found.

     Metalog  is  easier to configure than syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlim-
     ited number of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferisation for  maximal
     performance.

OPTIONS
     -a, --async
	    Improve  performance  by  using buffers (bug log files won't get up-
	    dated in real time).  Can be overridden for individual logs.

     -B, --daemonize
	    have the server start in background (daemonization).

     -c, --consolelevel=0..7
	    Set the console log level (Linux only).

     -C, --configfile=file
	    Use an alternate configuration file.

     -h, --help
	    Output help information and exit.

     -N, --no-kernel
	    Do not attempt to log messages from the kernel.

     -P, --pidfile=pidfile
	    Use an alternate file to store the process number.

     -s, --sync, --synchronous
	    Start in synchronous mode, with no bufferization.  Can be overridden
	    for individual logs.

     -v, --verbose
	    Run in verbose mode (useful for debugging behavior).

     -V, --version
	    Display metalog version information.

SIGNALS
     SIGUSR1
	    Enable synchronous mode.

     SIGUSR2
	    Disable synchronous mode.

FILES
     Note that the exact paths depend on the  build  settings.	 These	are  the
     standard paths.

     /usr/local/etc/metalog.conf
     /var/run/metalog.pid
     /dev/log

AUTHORS
     Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
     Laurent Wandrebeck (low) <wandre.l@free.fr>
     Leo Lipelis <aeoo@gentoo.org>
     Hendrik Visage <hvisage@users.sourceforge.net>
     Frank DENIS (Jedi/Sector One) <j@pureftpd.org>

SEE ALSO
     metalog.conf(5)

Frank DENIS				3			      metalog(8)

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