how is the -action -log directive able to tell if:
-action -log please log this information
means to put the line "please log this information" into the default logfile or if it means to put the line "log this information" in a logfile named "please".

ha! good catch!
The doucmentation is in error.

The doucmentation reads:
-action -log [file_name]

But should read:
-action -log

Thanks, I'll fix that.