[Python-checkins] r55580 - python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex

[vinay.sajip]

Author: vinay.sajip
Date: Fri May 25 09:22:57 2007
New Revision: 55580

Modified:
   python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex
Log:
Updated documentation for SysLogHandler (#1720726).

Modified: python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex	(original)
+++ python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/lib/liblogging.tex	Fri May 25 09:22:57 2007
@@ -1082,8 +1082,11 @@
 communicate with a remote \UNIX{} machine whose address is given by
 \var{address} in the form of a \code{(\var{host}, \var{port})}
 tuple.  If \var{address} is not specified, \code{('localhost', 514)} is
-used.  The address is used to open a UDP socket.  If \var{facility} is
-not specified, \constant{LOG_USER} is used.
+used.  The address is used to open a UDP socket.  An alternative to providing
+a \code{(\var{host}, \var{port})} tuple is providing an address as a string,
+for example "/dev/log". In this case, a Unix domain socket is used to send
+the message to the syslog. If \var{facility} is not specified,
+\constant{LOG_USER} is used.
 \end{classdesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{close}{}