From: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:36:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: logging: Updated SysLogHandler documentation.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7b1~226
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66d19e2a0c01f4485ff5e31956ba509a0863fec9;p=python

logging: Updated SysLogHandler documentation.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 72b152f756..d56353436a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -2142,6 +2142,14 @@ supports sending logging messages to a remote or local Unix syslog.
       | ``local7``    | LOG_LOCAL7    |
       +---------------+---------------+
 
+   .. method:: mapPriority(levelname)
+
+      Maps a logging level name to a syslog priority name.
+      You may need to override this if you are using custom levels, or
+      if the default algorithm is not suitable for your needs. The
+      default algorithm maps ``DEBUG``, ``INFO``, ``WARNING``, ``ERROR`` and
+      ``CRITICAL`` to the equivalent syslog names, and all other level
+      names to "warning".
 
 .. _nt-eventlog-handler: