The type=6 and above options to syslog aren't documented, so add a sentence about each. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/syslog.2 | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) Index: man-pages-2.77/man2/syslog.2 =================================================================== --- man-pages-2.77.orig/man2/syslog.2 +++ man-pages-2.77/man2/syslog.2 @@ -115,6 +115,39 @@ The call .RI (5, dummy , idummy ) only executes the "clear ring buffer" command. +The call +.BR syslog () +.RI (6, dummy , dummy ) +sets the console log level to minimum, so that no messages are printed +to the console. + +The call +.BR syslog () +.RI (7, dummy , dummy ) +sets the console log level to default, so that messages are printed +to the console. + +The call +.BR syslog () +.RI (8, dummy , level ) +sets the console log level to +.IR level . +Which is an integer between 1 and 8 (inclusive). +See the +.B loglevel +section for details. + +The call +.BR syslog () +.RI (9, dummy , dummy ) +queries and returns the number of bytes currently available to be read +on the kernel log buffer. + +The call +.BR syslog () +.RI (10, dummy , dummy ) +queries and returns the total size of the kernel log buffer. + .B The loglevel .br The kernel routine - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
