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diff --git a/doc/s6-log.html b/doc/s6-log.html index 3be1f4b..6306431 100644 --- a/doc/s6-log.html +++ b/doc/s6-log.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ s6-log reads and compiles <em>logging script</em> to an internal form. Then it reads its standard input, line by line, and performs actions on it, following the script it is given. It does its best to ensure there is <em>never any log loss</em>. It exits cleanly when stdin closes or when -it receives SIGTERM. +it receives a SIGTERM or a SIGHUP. </p> <h2> Options </h2> @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ By default, s6-log keeps reading from stdin even if its buffers still contain data. <tt>-b</tt> is safer, but may slow down your service; the default is faster, but may lead to unbound memory use if you have a lot of output to write to a slow file system. </li> - <li> <tt>-p</tt> : protect. Do not exit on receipt of a SIGTERM; only -exit when reading EOF on stdin. </li> + <li> <tt>-p</tt> : protect against SIGTERM. Do not exit on receipt of a +SIGTERM; only exit on a SIGHUP or when reading EOF on stdin. This is useful +for a logger that you really do not want to lose even if automated +administration (e.g. the downing of a supervision tree) would kill it. </li> <li> <tt>-t</tt> : timestamp. Prepends every log line that is written to a logging directory with a <a href="http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/libstddjb/tai.html">TAI64N</a> |