Clarify man page description of -f option (patch attached)

[jimav]

The man page description of the logger -f option is a little unclear. It might be interpreted to mean that logging will be sent to the specified file instead of the logging daemon (actually -f specifies a file containing the message to be logged).

Here (attached) is a patch to the man page which clarifies this.

logger is part of package bsdutils.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: bsdutils 1:2.19.1-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 10 12:45:41 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Nathan Stratton Treadway (nathanst)]

In bsdutils 1:2.20.1-1ubuntu3 (Precise), the man page now says:

     -f, --file file
              Log the contents of the specified file. This option cannot be
              combined with a command-line message.

Looks like this was changed upstream:
  http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/misc-utils/logger.1?id=eabb42c7c310d91c2427a77a1f59d5f221f48d9b