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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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