Mirror/zeek
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/zeek/zeek.git synced 2025-10-02 14:48:21 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions 2

Update script language reference documentation

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Daniel Thayer 2015-05-30 01:35:55 -05:00
parent 260b25f20a
commit d0e304de46
3 changed files with 32 additions and 10 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

9
doc/script-reference/attributes.rst
View file

@ -173,14 +173,20 @@ Here is a more detailed explanation of each attribute:
Rotates a file after a specified interval.
Note: This attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
.. bro:attr:: &rotate_size
Rotates a file after it has reached a given size in bytes.
Note: This attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
.. bro:attr:: &encrypt
Encrypts files right before writing them to disk.
Note: This attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
.. bro:attr:: &raw_output
Opens a file in raw mode, i.e., non-ASCII characters are not
@ -229,5 +235,4 @@ Here is a more detailed explanation of each attribute:
The associated identifier is marked as deprecated and will be
removed in a future version of Bro. Look in the NEWS file for more
explanation and/or instructions to migrate code that uses deprecated
functionality.
instructions to migrate code that uses deprecated functionality.

17
doc/script-reference/directives.rst
View file

@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ executed. Directives are evaluated before script execution begins.
for that script are ignored).
.. bro:keyword:: @load-plugin
Activate a dynamic plugin with the specified plugin name. The specified
plugin must be located in Bro's plugin search path. Example::
@load-plugin Demo::Rot13
By default, Bro will automatically activate all dynamic plugins found
in the plugin search path (the search path can be changed by setting
the environment variable BRO_PLUGIN_PATH to a colon-separated list of
directories). However, in bare mode ("bro -b"), dynamic plugins can be
activated only by using "@load-plugin", or by specifying the full
plugin name on the Bro command-line (e.g., "bro Demo::Rot13"), or by
setting the environment variable BRO_PLUGIN_ACTIVATE to a
comma-separated list of plugin names.
.. bro:keyword:: @load-sigs
This works similarly to "@load", except that in this case the filename

16
doc/script-reference/statements.rst
View file

@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ Here are the statements that the Bro scripting language supports.
.. bro:keyword:: break
The "break" statement is used to break out of a :bro:keyword:`switch` or
:bro:keyword:`for` statement.
The "break" statement is used to break out of a :bro:keyword:`switch`,
:bro:keyword:`for`, or :bro:keyword:`while` statement.
.. bro:keyword:: delete
@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ Here are the statements that the Bro scripting language supports.
.. bro:keyword:: next
The "next" statement can only appear within a :bro:keyword:`for` loop.
It causes execution to skip to the next iteration.
The "next" statement can only appear within a :bro:keyword:`for` or
:bro:keyword:`while` loop. It causes execution to skip to the next
iteration.
For an example, see the :bro:keyword:`for` statement.
.. bro:keyword:: print
@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ Here are the statements that the Bro scripting language supports.
.. bro:keyword:: while
A "while" loop iterates over a body statement as long a given
A "while" loop iterates over a body statement as long as a given
condition remains true.
A :bro:keyword:`break` statement can be used at any time to immediately
@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ Here are the statements that the Bro scripting language supports.
(outside of the braces) of a compound statement.
A compound statement is required in order to execute more than one
statement in the body of a :bro:keyword:`for`, :bro:keyword:`if`, or
:bro:keyword:`when` statement.
statement in the body of a :bro:keyword:`for`, :bro:keyword:`while`,
:bro:keyword:`if`, or :bro:keyword:`when` statement.
Example::