\fIlevel\fR. The \fImodule\fR may be any valid module name (as
displayed by the \fB\-\-list\fR option) or the special name \fBANY\fR to
set the logging levels for all modules. The \fIfacility\fR may be
-\fBsyslog\fR or \fBconsole\fR to set the levels for logging to the
-system log or to the console, respectively, or \fBANY\fR to set the
-logging levels for both facilities. If it is omitted,
-\fIfacility\fR defaults to \fBANY\fR. The \fIlevel\fR must be one of
+\fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR or \fBfile\fR to set the levels for logging to
+the system log, console or a file, respectively, or \fBANY\fR to set the
+logging levels for all facilities. If it is omitted,
+\fIfacility\fR defaults to \fBANY\fR. Regardless of the log levels set for
+\fBfile\fR, logging to a file will not take place unless the target application
+was invoked with the \fB\-\-logfile\fR option. The \fIlevel\fR must be one of
\fBoff\fR, \fBemer\fR, \fBerr\fR, \fBwarn\fR, \fBinfo\fR, or
-\fBdbg\fR, designating the
-minimum severity of a message for it to be logged. If it is omitted,
-\fIlevel\fR defaults to \fBdbg\fR.
+\fBdbg\fR, designating the minimum severity of a message for it to be logged.
+If it is omitted, \fIlevel\fR defaults to \fBdbg\fR.
.
.IP "\fBvlog/set PATTERN:\fIfacility\fB:\fIpattern\fR"
Sets the log pattern for \fIfacility\fR to \fIpattern\fR. Each time a
.RE
.
.IP
-The default pattern for console output is \fB%d{%b %d
+The default pattern for console and file output is \fB%d{%b %d
%H:%M:%S}|%05N|%c|%p|%m\fR; for syslog output, \fB%05N|%c|%p|%m\fR.
.
.IP "\fBvlog/reopen\fR"