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man: explain that the journal field SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER is usually derived from program...
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:10:41 +0000 (00:10 +0100)
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:10:41 +0000 (00:10 +0100)
man/systemd.journal-fields.xml

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                                         (formatted as decimal string),
                                         the identifier string
                                         (i.e. "tag"), and the client
-                                        PID.</para>
+                                        PID. (Note that the tag is
+                                        usually derived from glibc's
+                                        <varname>program_invocation_short_name</varname>
+                                        variable, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>program_invocation_short_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)</para>
                                 </listitem>
 
                         </varlistentry>