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On many systems, however, <application>syslog</> is not very reliable,

particularly with large log messages; it may truncate or drop messages

just when you need them the most. Also, on <productname>linux</>,

<appication>syslog</> will sync each message to disk, yielding poor

<application>syslog</> will sync each message to disk, yielding poor

performance. Use a <literal>-</> at the start of the file name

in the <application>syslog</> config file to disable this behavior.

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