Log to stdout as we previously did, and clean up command line flags docs

README.md

@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@ The log-courier command accepts the following command line options.
 	-config="": The config file to load
 	-config-test=false: Test the configuration specified by -config and exit
 	-cpuprofile="": write cpu profile to file
-	-from-beginning=false: Read new files from the beginning, instead of the end
-	-idle-flush-time=5s: Maximum time to wait for a full spool before flushing anyway
+	-from-beginning=false: On first run, read new files from the beginning instead of the end
 	-list-supported=false: List supported transports and codecs
-	-log-to-syslog=false: Log to syslog instead of stdout
-	-spool-size=1024: Maximum number of events to spool before a flush is forced.
+	-log-to-syslog=false: Log to syslog as well as stdout
 	-version=false: show version information
 
 ## Documentation

src/log-courier/log-courier.go

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (lc *LogCourier) startUp() {
 func (lc *LogCourier) configureLogging() {
   // First, the stdout backend
   backends := make([]logging.Backend, 1)
-  stderr_backend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", stdlog.LstdFlags|stdlog.Lmicroseconds)
+  stderr_backend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stdout, "", stdlog.LstdFlags|stdlog.Lmicroseconds)
   backends[0] = stderr_backend
 
   // Set backends BEFORE log level (or we reset log level)

src/log-courier/log-courier_nonwindows.go

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ func NewLogCourierPlatform() LogCourierPlatform {
 }
 
 func (lcp *LogCourierPlatformOther) Init() {
-	flag.BoolVar(&lcp.syslog, "log-to-syslog", false, "Log to syslog instead of stdout")
+	flag.BoolVar(&lcp.syslog, "log-to-syslog", false, "Log to syslog as well as stdout")
 }
 
 func (lcp *LogCourierPlatformOther) ConfigureLogging(backends []logging.Backend) {
 	// Make it color if it's a TTY
-	if lcp.isatty(os.Stderr) {
+	if lcp.isatty(os.Stdout) {
 		backends[0].(*logging.LogBackend).Color = true
 	}