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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>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslog.conf.5 syslogd.c
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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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