Improved the description of where logging goes in the INSTALL file

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a80fdff3..750ded64 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2196,3 +2196,6 @@ Diego Pierotto <vdr-italian@tiscali.it>
 Timo Eskola <timo@tolleri.net>
  for implementing sending all frames to devices that can handle them in fast forward
  trick speeds
+
+Elias Luttinen <el@iki.fi>
+ for improving the description of where logging goes in the INSTALL file
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f4342c4f..85d63be5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5469,3 +5469,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated the Hungarian language texts (thanks to Thomas Günther).
 - Fixed description of DeviceSetAvailableTrack() and cReceiver(), and added an
   example ~cMyReceiver() in PLUGINS.html (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
+- Improved the description of where logging goes in the INSTALL file (thanks to
+  Elias Luttinen).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a26e43bb..573c6c08 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ to the 'make' command. Alternatively, you can call VDR with the command
 line option '--vfat'.
 
 When running, the 'vdr' program writes status information into the
-system log file (/var/log/messages). You may want to watch these
-messages (tail -f /var/log/mesages) to see if there are any problems.
+system log file, which is usually /var/log/messages (or /var/log/user.log,
+depending on your syslog configuration). You may want to watch these
+messages (tail -f /var/log/messages) to see if there are any problems.
 
 The program can be controlled via a network connection to its SVDRP
 port ("Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol"). By default, it listens