Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

Le mar. 05 juin 2012 10:30:25 CEST, James B. Byrne a écrit:

In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf.

# The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron

Why is there a "-" before /var/log/maillog? This character is not present before any of the other log files specified in /etc/rsyslog.conf.

It means that writing to this logfile is not followed by a sync.