Update log documentation

svn:r2691

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in
index a15ee15675..de530d0998 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.in
+++ b/doc/tor.1.in
@@ -28,16 +28,18 @@ Other options can be specified either on the commandline (\fI--option
 value\fR), or in the configuration file (\fIoption value\fR).
 Options are case-insensitive.
 .TP
-\fBLogLevel debug|info|notice|warn|err\fP
-Set the verboseness level of the primary log.  (Default: warn.  Abbreviation:
--l.)
-.TP
-\fBLogFile \fR\fIFILE\fP
-Rather than logging to stdout, log to FILE.
-.TP
-\fBSysLog 1\fP
-Rather than logging to stdout, send messages to the system log. (Not
-supported on all platforms)
+\fBLog \fR\fIminSeverity\fR-\fImaxSeverity\fR \fBstderr\fR|\fBstdout\fR|\fBsyslog\fR\fP
+Send all messages between \fIminSeverity\fR and \fImaxSeverity\fR to
+the standard output stream, the standard error strem, or to the system
+log. (The "syslog" value is only supported on Unix.)  Recognized
+severity levels are debug, info, notice, warn, and err.  If only one
+severity level is given, all messages of that level or higher will be
+sent to the listed destination.
+.TP
+\fBLog \fR\fIminSeverity\fR-\fImaxSeverity\fR \fBfile\fR \fIFILENAME\fP
+As above, but send log messages to the listed filename.  The "Log"
+option may appear more than once in a configuration file.  Messages
+messaes are sent to all the logs that match their severity level.
 .TP
 \fBBandwidthRate \fR\fINUM\fP
 A token bucket limits the average incoming bandwidth on this node to NUM bytes per second. (Default: 800000)
@@ -52,10 +54,6 @@ be repeated many times, for multiple authoritative directory
 servers. If no \fBdirserver\fP line is given, Tor will use the default
 directory servers: moria1, moria2, and tor26.
 .TP
-\fBDebugLogFile \fR\fIFILE\fP
-In addition to other logging, we will log to FILE at log-level debug.
-(Deprecated; use LogFile and LogLevel instead.)
-.TP
 \fBGroup \fR\fIGID\fP
 On startup, setgid to this user.
 .TP